CORONAVIRUS | Minister says schools and universities would be closed from Thursday until at least March 15.
| Italy closed all schools and universities and took other emergency measures on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Europe's worst-hit country as the death toll and the number of cases jumped.
The number of cases since the outbreak surfaced 13 days ago rose to 3,089 from 2,502 on Tuesday. Of those who contracted the disease, about 3.5 percent had died, the head of the agency, Angelo Borrelli, said. The decree orders "the suspension of events of any nature... that entail the concentration of people and do not allow for a safety distance of at least one metre to be respected."
Clarissa Mazzei, a 30-year-old mother of three, called it "tragic... for the students, and also for the parents." Emilia Romagna's regional government said on Wednesday two of its members had tested positive and Industry Minister Stefano Patuanelli is in self-imposed isolation after coming into contact with a patient, though he himself had tested negative.
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