COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
Also known as Italian COVID-19 outbreak, COVID-19 outbreak in Italy, Italian 2020 coronavirus outbreak, 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak in Italy, Italy COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 Italy COVID-19 pandemic, COVID pandemic in Italy
coronavirus pandemic in Italy
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- COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
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- 2020-01-30
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Italy was part of the COVID-19 pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Italy on 31 January 2020, when two Chinese tourists in Rome tested positive for the virus. One week later an Italian man repatriated to Italy from the city of Wuhan, China, was hospitalized and confirmed as the third case in Italy. Clusters of cases were later detected in Lombardy and Veneto on 21 February, with the first deaths on 22 February. By the beginning of March, there had been confirmed cases in all regions of Italy.