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Latvia's AirBaltic to Cancel Milan, Verona Flights Over COVID-19 Starting Monday

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Latvia's AirBaltic to Cancel Milan, Verona Flights Over COVID-19 Starting Monday

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© AFP 2023 / PIERO CRUCIATTIA picture taken on 8 March 2020 shows an empty room of Linate Airport in Milan, after millions of people were placed under forced quarantine in northern Italy as the government approved drastic measures in an attempt to halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus that is sweeping the globe. - On top of the forced quarantine of 15 million people in vast areas of northern Italy until 3 April the government has also closed schools, nightclubs and casinos throughout the country, according to the text of the decree published on the government website. With more than 230 fatalities, Italy has recorded the most deaths from the COVID-19 disease of any country outside China, where the outbreak began in December.

A picture taken on 8 March 2020 shows an empty room of Linate Airport in Milan, after millions of people were placed under forced quarantine in northern Italy as the government approved drastic measures in an attempt to halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus that is sweeping the globe. - On top of the forced quarantine of 15 million people in vast areas of northern Italy until 3 April the government has also closed schools, nightclubs and casinos throughout the country, according to the text of the decree published on the government website. With more than 230 fatalities, Italy has recorded the most deaths from the COVID-19 disease of any country outside China, where the outbreak began in December. - Sputnik International

RIGA (Sputnik) - Earlier on Sunday, local media reported, citing the Latvian Health Ministry, that the second COVID-19 case had been registered in the country. The patient has been already hospitalised.

Latvian flagship carrier airBaltic will cancel all flights from and to Italian cities of Verona and Milan starting March 9 over the fears of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the company said in a press release on Sunday.

"Due to health and safety reasons as well as strong recommendations of the Latvian Centre for Disease Prevention and Control not to travel to the affected areas in Italy airBaltic has made decision at the moment to suspend all flights to Milan and Verona starting from 9 March until the end of April," the press release said.

So far, COVID-19 has killed over 3,600 people worldwide and infected over 105,000 in more than 90 countries, according to Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, some 60,000 patients have already recovered from the disease.