MILAN - A sixth person infected with the coronavirus has died in Italy, officials said on Monday as the government battled to contain Europe's worst outbreak of the illness and Italian shares tumbled nearly 5% on fears over the economic impact.
Ten towns in Lombardy close to Italy's financial capital Milan, with a combined population of nearly 50,000, have been placed under effective quarantine, with similar measures in place for a small town in neighbouring Veneto. Analysts warned that the outbreak, which is centred on the country's industrial and financial heartlands, could shunt Italy's fragile economy into its fourth recession in 12 years.
The three previous fatalities recorded since Friday were all elderly and most of the dead had underlying health problems. "We were only meant to spend three days in Milan and then go to Venice for the carnival but everything is shut," said Russian tourist Violla Belova, 50, wearing a face mask as she took photographs of the shuttered Duomo cathedral.With other countries looking to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Mauritius on Monday told passengers from Lombardy and Veneto aboard an Alitalia aircraft that they would either have to go into quarantine or else fly straight back home.
Austria briefly blocked a train from Italy at its border on Sunday because of concerns over the health of two travellers.
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