Italy recorded 322 cases of corona virus infection and the number of deaths increased to 11, most of them elderly or pre-existing.

Tuscany region, central Italy, confirmed the first two cases of nCoV infection, including one in the famous tourist city of Florence. The Covid-19 epidemic also occurred in the south with three cases in the Sicily region, including a couple from the Lobardy region, where 240 people were infected with nCoV.

The region of Liguria has also recorded its first case. Meanwhile, the 11th case of nCoV infection in Italy was a 76-year-old woman in the Veneto region, informed by local authorities last night.

The most heavily affected area of the Covid-19 epidemic in Italy is the town of Codogno with a population of about 15,000, about 60 km from Milan. The locality and several other towns in the northern Lombardy region have been frozen since February 23 to prevent nCoV from spreading.

Officials say Italy's "number one patient" is a 38-year-old man named Mattia, admitted to hospital on February 19 in Codogno and transferred to the town of Pavia, but this may not be the case. the case brought nCoV to Lombardy.

Despite Italy becoming Europe's largest outbreak of Covid-19, with an increasing number of cases, the health minister from neighboring countries at a meeting in Rome said the closure of the border was a "inappropriate" measure. suitable and ineffective.

A number of countries have announced additional measures for entry, especially from Italy's Lombardy and Veneto regions, including medical screening, opening special gates at the airport and recommending self-isolation.