Of that number, 83 people had fully recovered, while 140 patients were in intensive care. Around 90 per cent of all cases are concentrated in the wealthy northern regions of Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia Romagna. Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri announced the cabinet would approve this week €3.6 billion of measures to help companies. A passenger in a protective mask uses her phone at Rome's Fiumicino airport, after first cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Italy. -REUTERS picThis came on top of an aid-package worth €900 million that was unveiled on Friday for the worst-impacted zones.

Source: New Strait Times March 02, 2020 00:43 UTC