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Coronavirus: Italy Closes All Schools And Universities As Death Toll Rises

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Italy’s government announced it will temporarily close the nation’s schools and universities, according to local media, as the authorities struggle to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

The closure will come into effect from Thursday and will last until mid-March.



Earlier on Wednesday, Italy had the dubious honor of being the worst-affected country from the coronavirus outside Asia, having overtaken Iran in terms of the number of deaths and infections from the virus.

The death toll in Italy jumped to 79 on Tuesday, up from an official total of 52 on Monday. As of Wednesday morning, there are 2,502 cases of the virus in Italy, according to Italian media reports that are updated ahead of the daily official count, published by Italy’s Civil Protection Agency every evening.

Italy’s coronavirus numbers had surpassed Iran’s official infection count until the Islamic Republic released its latest official infection and death count. On Wednesday, it announced that 92 people had died from the coronavirus and 2,922 had been infected. There is speculation over the accuracy of Iran’s tally of the epidemic.

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