Covid-19: surge in cases in Italy and South Korea makes pandemic look more likely

Covid-19: surge in cases in Italy and South Korea makes pandemic look more likely Michael Day London, UK A surge in cases of covid-19 in northern Italy on 24 February heightened fears that the emerging infection has passed the tipping point and the world is on the brink of a pandemic.By 25 February a seventh person infected with covid-19 died in Italy.He was an 80 year old heart patient, who died at the Sacco hospital in Milan.Italian civil protection officials said 219 people had now tested positive for the virus.