Coronavirus: first case in southern Italy

(ANSA) - Rome, February 25 - The first coronavirus case in southern Italy has been registered, with a tourist from the northern city of Bergamo testing positive in Palermo.

The woman was tested after being admitted to the Sicilian city's Cervello hospital with flu symptoms.

So far seven people with the coronavirus have died in Italy - all of them over 60 and several with pre-existing conditions.

The worst-hit region is Lombardy, where six people have died and 206 people have contracted the deadly disease.