{"id":418575,"date":"2020-02-24T07:02:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T14:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=418575"},"modified":"2020-02-24T07:19:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T14:19:34","slug":"para-swimming-world-series-cancelled-as-italy-acts-to-contain-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/para-swimming-world-series-cancelled-as-italy-acts-to-contain-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Para Swimming World Series Cancelled As Italy Acts To Contain Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":30u\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":30t\" class=\"a3s aXjCH \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><strong>The Lignano round of the Para Swimming World Series \u00a0in Italy<\/strong>, scheduled for Thursday to Saturday this week has been <strong>cancelled<\/strong> as the country acts to contain an<strong> outbreak of Coronavirus<\/strong> that has already claimed six lives.<\/p>\n<p>The Lignano event would have involved around 900 athletes, coaches and officials from 42 countries.<\/p>\n<p>As the number of confirmed cases in Italy topped 100, the <strong>Para Swim Series Local Organising Committee (LOC) and Italian Para Swimming Federation (FINP)<\/strong> announced that it would cancel its event in one with guidance from the President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Holtz, Managing Director of World Para Sports, said: \u201cWe regret that this key event in the build-up to Tokyo 2020 has been cancelled but the health and well-being of our athletes is our top priority at all times.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNorthern Italy has seen an increase in coronavirus cases in recent days and, in an effort to stop this number rising further, several sport events, including Serie A football fixtures, have been cancelled or postponed. \u00a0Upon guidance from the local region, both the LOC and Italian Para Swimming Federation have decided to cancel the event.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He added: \u201cAs this event was also going to provide athlete classification opportunities World Para Swimming will look into what solution can be provided in the long-term by athletes impacted by this cancellation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Around The next World Para Swimming World Series event will be hosted in Sao Paulo, Brazil, between 25-28 March 2020.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/updated-list-of-sports-events-knocked-by-coronavirus-emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The cancellation is the latest in a wave of sports events to have been affected by the spread of coronavirus.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>WHO Talks Of Narrowing Window When It Comes To Coronavirus Becoming A Pandemic<\/h3>\n<p>World Health Organisation (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has given warning that the window of opportunity to contain the virus was &#8220;narrowing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The rapid spread of the virus in Italy has added to fears that the coronavirus outbreak could reach pandemic scale.<\/p>\n<p>Most infections are in China, while South Korea, Italy and Iran have suffered significant numbers of cases of the virus, which causes the respiratory disease Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>A pandemic is when an infectious disease spreads easily from person to person in many parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers:<\/p>\n<p>China: about 77,000 people infected; nearly 2,600 have died.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere: More than 1,200 cases in about 30 other countries, just over 20 deaths, a sixth mortality in Italy confirmed this hour.<\/p>\n<p>Mortality rates in some parts of China have exceeded 4%, while in general, the proportion of infected patients dying from Covid-19 appears to be between 1% and 2%. 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