Second coronavirus death sparks fears, lockdown in Italian towns

CODOGNO - Streets were deserted and residents warned to keep out of an emergency room on Saturday in an Italian town placed under lockdown as a second death from coronavirus sparked fears throughout the region.

On Saturday, Italian news agency ANSA reported a second death from the virus in the Lombardy region, where Codogno is located. It came one day after the death of a 78-year-old retired bricklayer from the Padua area in the nearby Veneto region, who was the first local person in Europe to die from the coronavirus.Italy’s health minister said that the man who died on Friday, Mr Adriano Trevisan, had been admitted to hospital 10 days earlier for an unrelated health issue.

In nearby Lombardy, another 16 other people were discovered to have caught the virus, and the region took immediate measures to isolate affected areas.At Codogno's centre, only a bakery and a pharmacy were open, while other shops posted signs saying they were closed due to a local ordinance. Those who have tested positive for the virus in Codogno include the 38-year-old man's wife, who is eight months pregnant, and another man. Three others in the town have tested positive to a first coronavirus test and are awaiting their definitive results.Elsewhere in the world, it has killed over a dozen people and spread across some 27 countries and territories. Last Sunday, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist died from the new coronavirus in France.

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