New coronavirus, a map to tell the story of the infection – NJ MMA News

A map , built to tell the spread of the infection from new coronavirus in Italy . As the case count grows and the first two victims are registered, one 78 enne Paduan and a 75 enne lodigiana, Wired has decided to launch this tool to map the progress of the disease now arrived in Italy (NB: the map is not updated in real time, it takes time to verify the data).

As the virologist Giovanni Maga , director of the Cnr Institute of Molecular Genetics, comments in a press release, we are facing to an outbreak of virus Sars-Cov-2 infection. The numbers do not yet allow to speak of an epidemic. Of course, he adds, the picture could obviously change in the coming days, but our health system is in a state of maximum alert and capable of managing effectively also the possible appearance of other small outbreaks such as the current one .

To avoid excessive alarmism , continues Maga, is good to remember first that 19 cases [alla mattina del 22 febbraio, ndr] out of a population of 60 millions of inhabitants, however, make the risk of infection very low. Only in the areas currently affected by traffic is the risk higher and citizens must follow the indications of the health authorities. Outside of these, the situation remains as in the past weeks .

Here is what the information collected so far in the world tell : The infection, from epidemiological data available today on tens of thousands of cases, causes mild / moderate symptoms (a kind of flu) in the 80 90% of cases. In 10-15% pneumonia can develop, the course of which is however benign in the absolute majority. It is estimated that only 4% of patients require ICU admission. The risk of serious complications increases with age, and people over 65 years and / or with pre-existing or immunosuppressed diseases are obviously more at risk, as they would be for the flu .

Don't panic , in short. And precisely in an attempt to make an informative contribution to map the outbreaks of Covid 19 in Italy, Wired has created a dataset that everyone can update. Anyone with information to provide, can do so by filling out this form. Once verified by the editorial staff, the information will be entered and published.

The dataset feeds the map that opens this piece, but obviously anyone can use it to build their own. The goal, in fact, is to help provide information as accurate as possible about the spread of coronavirus in Italy.

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