Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Italy -- News Updates March 12, 2020

Daily Mail: Italian Medical Chief Roberto Stella, 67, dies of coronavirus as toll of fatalities leaps 23% in one day to 1,016 and total number of cases in the country passes 15,000

* Italian medical chief Roberto Stella died from coronanvirus at the age of 67 after suffering respiratory failure
* Death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Italy jumped by 189 to 1,016 in the last 24 hours - a 23 per cent rise
* Total cases in Italy rose to 15,113 from a previous 12,462, marking the biggest daily rise in absolute terms
* Rome's Catholic churches were ordered to close in a move believed to be unprecedented in modern times
* Suspected virus patients who spread the illness and cause others' deaths could be charged with murder
* Prime minister Giuseppe Conte has toughened quarantine with all shops closed except food and pharmacies
* Italian cities are becoming 'unrecognisable' with the famous piazzas in Rome, Florence and Venice empty
* Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor?

An Italian medical chief died of coronavirus at the age of 67, it emerged today, as the countries death toll jumped to over 1,000.

Roberto Stella passed away on Tuesday after being hospitalised with respiratory failure following his diagnosis with the disease in Como, Italy.

Italy's National Federation of Doctors and General Practitioners issued a statement following the news mourning Stella's death, according to CNN.

The federation's secretary Silvestro Scotti said in a statement: 'He was the example of the capability and hard work of family doctors. His death represents the outcry of all colleagues who still today are not equipped with the proper individual protection needed.'

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