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Italy’s Patient 1 becomes a father

A city limits sign of Codogno, one the northern Italian towns placed under lockdown due to the new coronavirus outbreak. EPA-EFE/Andrea Fasani

The daughter of Patient 1, identified as Mattia residing in Codogno and believed to be the first confirmed case of Coronavirus in Italy, was born on Tuesday at the Buzzi hospital in Milan.

His wife, Valentina, was also positive and had been admitted to observation and then discharged from Sacco, a hospital that is part of the same health company.

Mattia, who had ended up in intensive care, was discharged from San Matteo di Pavia on 23 March.
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