Italy’s coronavirus outbreak has crossed the Alps and is being linked to a growing number of infections around Europe
, prompting countries and companies to enact precautionary measures to reduce travel to and from Italy.
By Wednesday, 374 people in Italy had contracted the virus, of whom 12 had died, all of them elderly people with pre-existing health conditions. Nine of the dead were in Lombardy, the region around Milan where three-quarters of the infections have occurred. In Lombardy, six minors also tested positive, according...
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