Italy may close schools all over country due to coronavirus
14:34, 04/03/2020, WednesdayU: Update: 14:36, 04/03/2020, Wednesday
REUTERS
Young student Noemi uses her laptop to study the lesson prepared by her teacher Alessio Villarosa (not pictured) in the small town of Bareggio near Milan, Italy February 29, 2020. Italian government has closed schools and universities in Lombardy and northern regions in order to prevent the spread of the highly infectious coronavirus.
The Italian government is considering closing schools all over the country due to its coronavirus outbreak, but no decision has been taken yet, a government source said on Wednesday.
At the moment only schools in the northern regions most affected by the epidemic are closed.
Seventy-nine people had died of the highly contagious illness in Italy up to Tuesday, with more than 2,500 confirmed cases.