View into the Mercure hotel where a tourist from Bergamo was tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus, in Palermo, Italy [Igor Petyx/EPA]] Italy’s European neighbours have pledged to keep borders open despite the new coronavirus spreading down the country to Tuscany and Sicily and a surge in the number of infected people. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte … Continue reading Europe refuses to close borders as Italian coronavirus cases jump Health ministers say closing frontiers would be ‘disproportionate and ineffective’ as Italy confirms 11th death.