Rome calls for emergency talks as virus spreads in Italy

25 February 2020 - 15:53A man in a face mask is seen at the Cadorna railway station in Milan, as the country is hit by the coronavirus outbreak. Italy, February 25, 2020. Picture: REUTERS/FLAVIO LO SCALZOItaly’s new coronavirus spread south on Tuesday to Tuscany and Sicily as the civil-protection agency reported a surge in the number of infected people and Rome convened emergency talks.

The tourist in Sicily, who had been staying in a hotel in Palermo, tested positive on the first swab but was awaiting the definitive result from Italy’s institute of infectious diseases, said civil-protection agency chief Angelo Borrelli. Hundreds of people were confined to their rooms at a Tenerife hotel after an Italian tourist was admitted at a hospital for suspected coronavirus, said health officials in the Canary Islands.

Codogno and several other towns in northern Italy have been placed under quarantine in an attempt to stem the spread of the virus.

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