Published on 07:43 PM, March 04, 2020
Coronavirus: Italy to close all schools, universities till mid-March
Cleaners wearing protective suits sanitise locker rooms at the San Paolo stadium ahead of the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final between Napoli and Inter Milan, which has since been postponed as part of measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak, in Naples, Italy, March 4, 2020. Photo: Reuters
AFP, Rome
Italy is closing all schools and universities from Thursday until mid-March to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, Ansa and other Italian news agencies cited government sources as saying.
The measure was one of several being considered by the government at a meeting on Wednesday to combat COVID-19, which has killed 79 people in Italy and infected more than 2,500, the most in Europe.
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