Europe tightens measures at epicentre of coronavirus outbreak

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Spain is introducing a state of emergency and Italy is tightening its lockdown&comma; while Denmark and Poland have become the latest countries to shut their borders to most travellers in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>China — where the virus first emerged late last year — is seeing new cases continue to dwindle&comma; but Covid-19 has in recent weeks spread exponentially in Europe&comma; the Middle East and North America&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>By Saturday&comma; more than 145&comma;000 infections and over 5&comma;400 deaths had been confirmed worldwide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Europe has become the epicentre of the pandemic&comma; with countries imposing a cascade of restrictions in efforts to prevent their health systems collapsing under the load of cases&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Schools&comma; bars and shops not selling essential goods are among the facilities being closed in many places&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Spain’s cabinet met on Saturday to declare a two-week state of emergency and announce more measures to control the outbreak which has spiked sharply in recent days to more than 5&comma;700 infections&comma; with almost 3&comma;000 in the capital Madrid&period; Spain had recorded 120 Covid-19 deaths&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Spain’s measures fall far short of those ordered by Italy&comma; the worst-hit European country&comma; which has more than 17&comma;600 confirmed cases — the largest outbreak after China — with 1&comma;266 deaths&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The government in Rome has ordered an unprecedented lockdown&comma; ordering businesses to close and restricting people’s movement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mayors of many cities&comma; including Rome and Milan&comma; have even closed public playgrounds and parks&period; Under a government decree issued earlier in the week&comma; people had been allowed in parks as long as they kept at least a metre between each other&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;151790" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-151790" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-151790" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;57A7E8C5-6639-45F2-A3F1-01F47C91DA46&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-151790" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">A worker disinfects the area in front of the Centrale station in Milan<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Premier Giuseppe Conte said production — particularly of food and health supplies — must not stop&comma; and union and industrial leaders have reached an agreement on special measures to keep factories running&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Denmark closed its borders and halted passenger traffic to and from the country until April 13&period; Travellers will be turned away at the border if they are unable to show they have &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a legitimate reason” to enter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Poland is closing its borders and denying all foreigners entry unless they live in Poland or have personal ties there&period; Non-citizens allowed in will be quarantined for 14 days&period; The Czech Republic and Slovakia took similar action&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Russia said its land borders with Norway and Poland will be closed to most foreigners from Sunday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed5a51ae9d4">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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