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If you look at the situation in other countries, the spread of Corona 19 in Italy is not serious. There were 322 confirmed patients, but the bigger problem is that they are spreading beyond the Italian border to neighboring countries.

Reporter Kim Yun-soo.

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It is a mart in the port city of Genoa near Milan, northern Italy. The shelves of food and daily necessities were empty.

With the rapid spread of Corona 19, citizens began to hoard.

[Italian Genoa Resident: The shelf where pasta was empty is empty. What's going on? It wasn't like this when World War II broke out.]

Corona 19 confirmed in Italy has 322 as of 25 local time and 11 deaths. The number of confirmed patients is the fourth highest after China, Korea and Japan.

Infections in northern cities such as Milano, Corona19 infection has spread throughout southern Sicily and are now crossing the border.

Those who visited Italy from Austria, Switzerland, Croatia and other neighbors of Italy were subsequently confirmed.

The Schengen Treaty, which simplifies immigration procedures, raises concerns that the spread of viruses will be faster due to the free movement of Europe, but border closures have not been made.

Italian authorities have been embarrassed by failing to prevent the spread of domestic infections, although they have responded strongly to the outbreak of flights to China at the beginning of Corona 19.