COVID-19病例在它的发源地中国和世界各地继续上升，引起卫生官员的担忧，即大规模抗击该病毒的机会正在减少。
“机会之窗仍然存在，但机会之窗正在变窄，”世界卫生组织总干事特德罗斯·阿德诺姆·格布雷耶苏斯在周五的一次简报会上说。"我们需要在它完全关闭之前迅速采取行动。"
周日，中国境外的病例上升至1769例，较前一天的报告增加了约26%。除了中国境外的367例新病例之外，原产国还有1，017例新病例，使病例总数达到78，811例，根据世界卫生组织。
自去年12月首次在人体内发现以来，已有29个国家报告了导致肺炎的病毒病例。这给中国带来了最大的损失，已有77042例确诊病例和2445例死亡。
继中国之后，韩国的病例数最多——截至周日为602例——韩国总统文在寅呼吁采取“前所未有的”和“强有力的”措施来抗击病毒。据报道，官员们将全国对这种病毒的警惕提高到了最高水平，这是他们11年来第一次这样做美国广播公司新闻。
“COVID-19事件面临着一个严重的分水岭，”穆恩总统在一次关于危机的政府会议上说。"几天后是一个非常重要的时刻。"
根据世卫组织的数据，大多数国家的病例少于50例，其中15例确诊病例少于10例。在欧洲国家，病例数基本保持在1至2例之间的低水平，但在意大利，病例数飙升至200例以上，是所有欧洲国家中最多的。
周一，在狂欢节期间，戴着防护面罩的游客参观了威尼斯的圣马可广场。由于意大利北部爆发新型冠状病毒COVID-19，狂欢节的最后两天被取消。从周六到周日，中国以外的病例增加了26%。
周一，意大利民事保护部证实，五个地区共有219起案件，其中大部分是在伦巴第发现的。在确诊病例中，一人痊愈，五人死亡。意大利卫生部长罗伯特·斯佩兰萨周五发布了一项新法令，对确诊病例的密切接触者实施强制隔离，并对过去14天内处于“危险”地区的人进行积极监控。
斯佩兰萨周一表示:“我们必须面对一个挑战，这个挑战必须让整个国家以基于科学证据的一致方法团结起来。”。
欧洲危机管理专员亚涅斯·莱纳里奇在新闻发布会上称赞意大利“有经验的人员和有效的结构”。他相信这些措施使意大利有能力“以协调一致的方式应对此次疫情”
为了进一步在全球范围内抗击新的冠状病毒，Lenar ci宣布筹集2.32亿欧元。在“联合捐款”中，1.14亿欧元将给予世卫组织，1 500万欧元将用于支持“伙伴国家加强其复原力和准备状态”，1亿欧元将用于研发疫苗和治疗。300万欧元还将支持向中国运送防护设备和遣返欧盟公民。
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: CASES OUTSIDE CHINA SPIKE 26% IN SINGLE DAY, DEATH TOLL RISES TO 17
COVID-19 cases continue to rise in China where it originated and around the world, raising concerns among health officials that the opportunity to significantly fight the virus is waning.
"The window of opportunity is still there, but the window of opportunity is narrowing," the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a briefing on Friday. "We need to act quickly before it closes completely."
On Sunday, cases outside of China rose to 1,769, an increase of about 26 percent from the previous day's reporting. In addition to the 367 new cases outside of China, there were 1,017 new cases in the origin country, bringing the total number of cases to 78,811, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Since being discovered in humans for the first time in December, 29 countries have reported cases of the pneumonia-causing virus. It's taken the biggest toll on China, where there have been 77,042 confirmed cases and 2,445 deaths.
Following China, South Korea has had the greatest number of cases—602, as of Sunday—and President Moon Jae-In called for "unprecedented" and "powerful" steps to fight the virus. Officials raised the national alert for the virus to the highest level, the first time they've done so in 11 years, according to ABC News.
"The COVID-19 incident has been confronted by a grave watershed," President Moon said at a government meeting about the crisis. "A few days from now is a very important moment."
Most countries have had fewer than 50 cases, according to WHO, with fifteen confirming less than 10. In European countries, cases have largely remained low, ranging from one to two, but in Italy, cases have surged past 200, the most of any European country.
Tourists wearing protective facemasks visit the Piazza San Marco, in Venice, on Monday during the usual period of the Carnival festivities which the last two days have been canceled due to an outbreak of the COVID-19 the novel coronavirus, in northern Italy. Between Saturday and Sunday, there was a 26 percent increase in cases outside of China.
On Monday, Italy's Department of Civil Protection confirmed there were 219 cases in five regions with the bulk of the cases identified in Lombardy. Of the confirmed cases, one person recovered and five people died. Italy's Health Minister Roberto Speranza issued a new ordinance on Friday that imposed mandatory quarantines for close contacts of confirmed cases and active surveillance for those who were in "at-risk" areas in the last 14 days.
"We must face a challenge that must see the whole country united with a consistent method based on scientific evidence," Speranza said on Monday.
European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič praised Italy for its "experienced people and effective structures" during a press conference. He was confident those measures in place gave Italy the ability to "respond in a well-coordinated manner to this outbreak."
To further the global fight against the new coronavirus, Lenarčič announced the mobilization of 232 million euros. Of the "joint contribution" 114 million euros would be given to WHO, 15 million would go to support "partner countries to strengthen their resilience and preparedness" and 100 million euro would go into researching and developing vaccines and treatments. Three million euros would also support sending protective equipment to China and repatriations of European Union citizens.
