10 towns in northern Italy, with a population of around 50,000, have been locked down after scores of people tested positive for COVID-19 and 2 people died from the disease.
A 77-year-old woman who lived in Milan's Lombardy region died Saturday, the ANSA news agency reported. Her death came hours after a 78-year-old man died in the nearby city of Padua in the Veneto region.
Anyone who has been in contact with those infected is to remain at home for a quarantine period of 14 days, officials added. Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said Sunday that all schools in the city will remain closed for at least a week. A further 97 new deaths were also recorded, it said. A total of 2,442 people have died in mainland China since the outbreak began.
South Korea's president put the country on its highest alert for infectious diseases Sunday and said officials should take"unprecedented, powerful" steps to fight a viral outbreak.
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