Underground virus fears prompt Vatican to close Italy's ancient catacombs

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VATICAN CITY: The Vatican has closed all of Italy’s ancient catacombs normally open to the public because of the country’s coronavirus outbreak.

Iacobone, secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, told Reuters the grouping of visitors, on top of small, narrow spaces and humid conditions in the catacombs made for ideal conditions for the virus to spread.

 

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