Coronavirus: Italy scrambles to contain biggest outbreak in Europe

Coronavirus: Italy scrambles to contain biggest outbreak in Europe

The New Paper - World·2020-02-24 06:00

MILAN: Italy scrambled yesterday to contain the biggest outbreak of the virus in Europe, shutting off the worst affected towns and cancelling public events as the number of those infected jumped above 130.

The government passed stringent emergency measures late on Saturday after the first two deaths from the disease were recorded in the wealthy northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto.

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