An Italian man became the first European to die after being infected with the coronavirus Friday, just hours after 10 towns in the country were locked down following a flurry of new cases.
Trevisan, from the village of Vo' Euganeo near Padua, had been diagnosed with the virus on an initial test, but the definitive results were still outstanding.Since December, COVID-19 has killed more than 2,200 people in China, the epidemic's epicentre. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte declared"everything is under control", and stressed the government was maintaining"an extremely high level of precaution".
Health Minister Roberto Speranza said authorities were working out exactly who those with the virus had been in contact with and screening them all,"as the most effective way to contain the virus". Codogno mayor Francesco Passerini said the news of the cases"has sparked alarm" throughout the town south of Milan.- 'Extremely worried' -
The three, all of whom are retired, live in the small town of Castiglione d'Adda. The mayor there said the locals were"extremely worried" about the spread of the deadly disease.
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