Covid-19 Coronavirus Outbreak In Europe -- News Updates March 10, 2020

Spain's virus cases surged to 1,622 infections and 35 deaths today and Italy recorded 168 fatalities as German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned up to 70 per cent of her citizens could be infected

Daily Mail: Europe engulfed by coronavirus: Angela Merkel warns up to 58 MILLION Germans - 60-70% of the population - will be infected, as Spain sees infections triple in two days and Italy records 168 fatalities in ONE DAY

* Infection is now transmitting between humans in nearly 30 countries across Europe, the WHO warned today
* Angela Merkel warned as many as 70 per cent of Germans could become infected with the coronavirus
* Chancellor's prediction would see 58 million of 82 million population of Germany contract the spreading virus
* Germany so far has seen two fatalities and registered 1,139 cases of virus and has cancelled public events
* Spain saw a surge of virus cases reach 1,622 infections and 35 deaths as schools and universities were closed
* Coronavirus death toll outside China soared to past 1,000 as Italy recorded 168 fatalities in just one day
* In the UK the sixth victim of the disease was recorded as infections in the county rose by 61 in a day to 382
* Worldwide COVID-19 has infected more than 114,000 people and over 4,000 have died from the illness

As many as '60 to 70 per cent' of Germans will be infected with the deadly coronavirus, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned today, as the contagion threatened to rip through Europe.

Addressing a parliamentary group meeting of her Christian Democratic Union party in Berlin today, Merkel said that 58 million Germans could contract the disease if it spiralled out of control, according to insiders who spoke to newspaper Bild.

But Health Minister Jens Spahn pointed out during the meeting that 80 per cent of all infected patients would have almost no symptoms.

The infection is now transmitting between humans in nearly 30 countries across Europe, the World Health Organization has warned today.

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WNU Editor: This is what an uncontrolled epidemic/pandemic looks like .... 'This tsunami has overwhelmed us': Doctors reveal the horrors of Italian hospitals where coronavirus 'war has exploded' and dying patients have to be left untreated as medics work 'day and night' - while experts warn UK and US public are not SCARED enough (Daily Mail).

Covid-19 Coronavirus Outbreak In Europe -- News Updates March 10, 2020

Italy’s lockdown goes nationwide as Europe sees coronavirus cases rising across continent -- SCMP
Coronavirus: several EU states ban mass events after Italian lockdown -- The Guardian

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