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The COVID-19 pandemic in Italy is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).. The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Italy on 31 January 2020, when two Chinese tourists in Rome tested positive for the virus. [1]
Following the outbreak of COVID-19, the Italian government confirmed the country's first cases of the disease on 30 January 2020, when the virus was detected in two Chinese tourists visiting Italy. [5] A third case was confirmed on 7 February, with the patient being an Italian man evacuated from Wuhan. [6]
(Bloomberg) -- Italy will present a plan this week to ease its rigid lockdown, joining Germany, France and Austria in pursuing a gradual return to normality as coronavirus infection rates fall and ...
Italy sought to rally international support for its virus containment efforts Wednesday even as its caseload reached 447, people linked to Italy fell ill across Europe and as far away as Brazil ...
Italy is making life more uncomfortable for unvaccinated people this holiday season, excluding them from indoor restaurants, theaters and museums starting Monday to reduce the spread of ...
Travel restrictions reduced the spread of the virus, but because they were first implemented after community spread had established in several countries in distant parts of the world—they produced only a modest reduction in the total number of people infected. Travel restrictions may be most important at the start and end of the pandemic. [3]
The sweeping quarantine Italy announced for its northern regions caused confusion and anger as it restricted the movements of a quarter of its people. Travel chaos erupts as Italy quarantines ...
Italy was the first European country to experience a major outbreak in early 2020, becoming the first country worldwide to introduce a national lockdown. [4] By 13 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Europe the epicentre of the pandemic [5] [6] and it remained so until the WHO announced it was overtaken by South America on ...