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Venice carnival suspended after Coronavirus cases escalation in Italy

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epa08240613 Asian tourists wear protective face masks during the Carnival in Venice, Italy, 23 February 2020. The carnival in Venice is cancelled over concerns for of the spread of coronavirus in northern Italy, the region's president announced. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN

Italian authorities announced on Sunday that events related to the famous Venice carnival would be stopped as the country became the first one in Europe to have a national die from the COVID-19 virus, Euronews.

The announcement came after at least ten towns in the north of the country were put on lockdown following a cluster of COVID-19 cases.

The total number of cases nationwide is 132 including 89 people in Lombardy, 25 in Veneto, nine in Emilia Romagna and six in Piemonte, the head of the country’s civil protection service, Angelo Borrelli, said on Sunday afternoon.

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