Italian plane refused entry in Mauritius

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ing-point-three-deaths-spark-panic-Italy.html

An Italian passenger jet was held in Mauritius over coronavirus fears today after Italy confirmed its fifth virus death in Europe's first major outbreak.

Dozens of passengers from Lombardy and Veneto - the two worst-affected regions of Italy - were told to return home or face quarantine in the Indian Ocean country, airline Alitalia said.

Forty of the 224 people on board eventually chose to return home to northern Italy where 50,000 people have been placed under lockdown, schools shut and public events banned in a drastic bid to contain the virus.

It is not yet clear whether any other passengers or crew were kept in quarantine in Mauritius, after initial reports said around another 30 people from the affected regions had been on the plane.

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Tuesday 25 February

1am Flight to Fiumicino landed with Italians stranded in Mauritius

The Alitalia plane landed in Fiumicino with the 40 Italian tourists on board departing from Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean. The group, made up of people from Lombardy and Veneto, was part of the 212 passengers who arrived yesterday morning in the capital of the archipelago.But, while 172 people were disembarked and were able to start their holiday, 40, from the affected Italian areas by the Coronavirus, they were placed before a crossroads: a period of quarantine or the return to Italy.

https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2...n_italia_aggiornamento_ora_per_ora-249241616/