Coronavirus: Austria stops all train services with Italy over suspected infections

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VIENNA (REUTERS) - Austria has stopped all train services with Italy to prevent a further spread of the coronavirus, tabloid OE24.at said on its website on Sunday (Feb 23).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

VIENNA - Austria has stopped all train services with Italy to prevent a further spread of the coronavirus, tabloid OE24.at said on its website on Sunday .

"Tonight a train on its way from Venice to Munich was stopped at the Austrian border," the interior ministry said. The train was now waiting at the Brenner Pass on Italian territory."The further procedure is currently being discussed together with the Italian authorities." It is unclear when the train will be able to continue on its journey, an OBB spokesman said.

Austria's interior minister Karl Nehammer said earlier on Sunday that a coronavirus task force will meet on Monday to discuss whether to introduce border controls with Italy.

 

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