Italy now has the third-most cases in the world, after China and South Korea
WITH DISCONCERTING suddenness, Italy has found itself the European country worst affected by covid-19. By February 23rd the number of people infected with the coronavirus that first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan had leapt to 152, a jump of around 100 within a day. Three of them, all in their late 60s or older, have already died.
Four of Sunday’s Serie A football matches, all at northern grounds, were called off. The government in Rome slapped a ban on school excursions. Luca Zaia, the governor of Veneto, the region that encompasses Venice, announced that he was bringing the city’s renowned carnival to an end at midnight on February 23rd, thereby cancelling the last two days of a festival that draws around 3m visitors every year.
Italian health authorities had thought that they had identified the source of the outbreak: an executive who returned from China on January 21st. But he has since tested negative for the virus; on February 22nd it emerged there was no evidence so far to suggest he had developed antibodies. That leaves open the question of who brought the disease to Italy and complicates efforts to contain the outbreak.
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