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Italy: Empty shelves as coronavirus fears spark food shortages in northern regions

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Residents of the small commune of Rozzano outside Milan lined up at Esselunga grocery store on Monday to stock up on essential supplies and food items, amid the largest coronavirus outbreak in Europe.

Footage shows lines of shoppers at supermarket counters, carts filled with items and half-empty shelves.

Cases of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, have surged in Italy in recent days, with 215 confirmed cases, the highest number in Europe, mainly in the densely populated northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto - where the cities of Milan and Venice are located respectively -and four deaths, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

According to the latest reports by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), nearly 80,000 people have been infected by the COVID-19 so far and over 2,600 people have died.

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