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Two people have died of the coronavirus in Italy in the space of 24 hours.
A man named by Italian news agency Ansa as former construction company owner Adriano Trevisan, in his late 70s, was among 30 suspected or confirmed cases in Italy so far.
The father-of-three died at a hospital in Padua, in the Veneto region in northern Italy, where he had been admitted along with another person who has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
A second patient – a woman – then died hours after in Lombardy, a region also in the north.
The deaths have prompted local authorities in Lombardy and Veneto to shut schools, businesses and restaurants.
The first case officials were able to trace the outbreak to in Italy was reported to be a 38-year-old man from Codogno, who is believed to have caught the virus from a friend who had returned from China in January.
Ansa reported that he had gone to hospital with flu symptoms but been sent home.
He had returned a day later and was confirmed as having the virus.
Since meeting his friend, however, he had been at work, run two races, played in a football team, had at least three restaurant dinner and business meetings.
On Saturday in Codogno – a small village about 7 miles (11km) north of Piacenza – images showed the streets deserted of people.
Courtesy of Sky News
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