Italy was on Tuesday due to host a summit of health ministers from neighbouring countries to discuss a co-ordinated response to the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy.
Talks will involve health ministers from Austria, France, Slovenia, Switzerland, as well as from Germany and Croatia, the Italian Health Ministry said in a statement.
The German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Monday that the virus is not stopped by land borders.
Asked whether it would be possible to close off entire cities or towns, as Italy has done in the northern Lombardy and Veneto regions, he said that this was a theoretical option but not necessary at this stage.
“There are many intermediate stages from cancelling large events to the complete closure of entire cities,’’ he said.
Since two virus clusters developed last week in the northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto, Italy has reported seven deaths and more than 220…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
