It's certainly on the move, looks like they never isolated some...

It's certainly on the move, looks like they never isolated some properly

February 23:

ITALY OUTBREAK (Day #3)

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• Mayor of one of the towns in lockdown says they've run out of coronavirus testing kits. [source]
• ECDC: "As the situation is rapidly evolving, more cases are expected in Italy [...] Extraordinary measures in northern Italy are essential to limit the outbreak and may need to be replicated in other communities in the coming days." [source]
• 78 new cases in Italy and 1 new death in Italy (a woman being treated for cancer in Crema), including 4 new cases near Bergamo, 2 new cases in Venice (historical center), a 17-year-old male in Valtellina, and a couple in Turin who visited their child at the Regina Margherita Hospital yesterday.
• Current total cases in Italy:
  
  - 114 cases in Lombardy (including 2 deaths):. The total includes: at least 76 in Codogno, 3 in Castiglione D'adda, 2 in Pieve Porto Morone, 1 in Casalpusterlengo, 1 in Pizzighettone, 1 in Sesto Cremonese, 1 in Santa Cristina e Bissone, 1 in Mediglia, 1 in Sesto San Giovanni, and 1 in Monza. Latest cases near Bergamo: 2 in Alzano Lombardo, 1 in Seriate, and 1 in Bergamo.
  
  - 25 in Veneto (including 1 death): 19 in Vo' Euganeo, 3 in Dolo, 1 in Mira, and 2 in Venice..
  
  - 9 in Emilia Romagna (all in Piacenza).
  - 3 in Trentino Alto Adige (tourists from Lombardy)
  - 3 in Piedmont (3 previously confirmed cases were later retracted).
  - 3 in Rome (including 1 person who had been repatriated).
• At least 26 patients (of which 17 in Lombardy) are in critical condition in intensive care.
• 11 towns, 50,000 people, placed in lockdown.
• Armed forces and police forces have been mobilized to form an insurmountable "health belt" around contagion areas. Roadblock violators risk up to a 3 months prison sentence.
  
  - Schools closed in Lombardy, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia Romagna, Liguria, and in Trentino Alto Adige regions. Universities closed in Piedmont.
  
  - Carnival in Venice and all sport and public events in Veneto cancelled.
  
  - All public and private events, including sport, cultural, and religious events in Lombardy cancelled. Movie theaters closed.
  
  - More than 40 football matches, including at least 4 Serie A games, postponed.
  - Teatro alla Scala in Milan suspends all performances.
  - Duomo in Milan and Teatro la Fenice in Venice closed.
  
  - "I think these three cases that have no contact with a primary carrier show how this virus is now ubiquitous so, as with flu symptoms, you get it and don't know who you got it from" said Veneto governon Luca Zaia who, in a separate comment, said "we are worried, drastic measures are needed."
  
  - "Serious mistake was made not to quarantine people who arrived in Italy from China" said Walter Ricciardi of the WHO, adding that "within two weeks we will know if we are facing an epidemic" and advising that, for the next two weeks, people "should avoid crowded places: metro, buses, trains, schools, discos, and gyms."

see also: Feb. 22 Italy Outbreak

SOUTH KOREA OUTBREAK (Feb. 23 Updates):

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• 166 new cases and 4 new deaths in South Korea.
• President Moon Jae-in raised the alert level to maximum (Level 4: Serious) thus empowering the government to lock down cities and restrict travel. “The coming few days will be a critical time for us” he said in an emergency meeting.
• Last few days progression of total cases in South Korea:
  • Feb. 23: 602 cases
  • Feb. 22: 436 cases
  • Feb. 21: 209 cases
  • Feb. 20: 111 cases
  • Feb. 19: 58 cases
  • Feb. 18: 31 cases