The mayor of Acerra near Naples accused the woman of fleeing northern Italy's lockdown and later testing positive for COVID-19.
"I explained immediately. Therefore, to be defamed like this I find truly shameful."Italy has recorded the most coronavirus deaths in the world, with more than 11,500 people now dead., came two days before the rest of Italy.
The government has been criticised for giving advance warning of the lockdown in Lombardy, allowing the virus to spread as people jumped on trains and fled the region to their homes in the south of the country.
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