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Coronavirus hits Europe with 12 towns closed off in Italy

Coronavirus hits Europe with 12 towns closed off in Italy

The Italian government's closing off a dozen towns after a rise in cases of the new coronavirus outbreak.

Covid-19 has killed two people there - with nearly 80 diagnosed.

Three top-flight football matches have been called off, while Milan fashion houses are holding catwalk shows behind closed doors.

Two Irish people who've spent two weeks isolated on a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan are spending their first day in quarantine in the UK.

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They arrived at a hospital in Liverpool last night along with 30 British nationals.

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