vatican reports 1st positive case the vatican has confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus a vatican spokesman told reporters on friday that an unidentified person has tested positive for covid19 at a clinic in the citystate a papal enclave within rome that serves as the headquarters of the roman catholic church an ambulance drives past the st anna gate one of the entrances to the vatican march 6 2020 the vatican confirmed the walled citystates first case of the new coro show more andrew medichiniap no further details about the patient were disclosed all nonemergency medical services at the vatican clinic have been suspended while health officials disinfect the premises according to the spokesman 1030 am cases surge in switzerland switzerland reported 130 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on friday bringing the national total to 210 swiss federal office of public health spokesperson daniel dauwalder told abc news more than 3500 people have been tested for the virus in switzerland so far dauwalder said a vast majority of the positive cases were people who had recently traveled to italy which has become a hot spot in the global outbreak information regarding the novel coronavirus are displayed on a screen at the european headquarters of the united nations in geneva switzerland on march 4 2020 salvatore di nolfikeystone via ap all those who tested positive have been placed in isolation according to dauwalder its unclear how many of them were hospitalized and what their conditions were one person has died 944 am google tells employees in washington state to work from home google has become the latest tech giant to encourage employees in washington state to work from home a google spokesperson told abc news in a statement friday that the company encouraged employees in its washington offices to work from home if their roles allow in this file photo taken on nov 4 2016 a man rides a bike past a google sign and logo at the googleplex in menlo park california josh edelsonafp via getty images amazon facebook and microsoft have also advised staff to work from home if possible for the next few weeks 918 am belgium sees spike in new cases the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in belgium have more than doubled to 109 after 59 new patients tested positive friday jan eyckmans a spokesperson for the belgian health ministry told abc news three of the new patients have been hospitalized while the rest are in isolation in their respective homes eyckmans said an employee in a drug store wraps protective face masks amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus at zaventem international airport near brussels belgium on march 4 2020 yves hermanreuters most of the new cases are linked to recent travel to italy where at least 3296 people have been infected with the virus several of the new patients are related to individuals who traveled to italy according to eyckmans 845 am egypt reports 12 new cases