BREAKING: Italy reports 3rd death from coronavirus
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A third person infected with the coronavirus has died in Italy, a regional official said on Sunday, as the government struggles to contain an outbreak of the illness in the north of the country with more than 130 cases reported since Friday.Lombardy regional councilor Giulio Gallera told reporters the victim was an elderly woman from the town of Crema, east of Milan, who was also suffering from cancer. Two other elderly patients in northern Italy have died over the past 48 hours.
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Italy has placed a dozen towns in quarantine, closed schools and shut down the Venice Carnival following the deaths of three people from coronavirus.
Authorities in the northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto announced the measures as the number of confirmed cases in the country rose above 130.
Luca Zaia, governor of Veneto, said that coronavirus was “the absolutely worst problem” the region has faced during his career