- Title: Milan school goes online after coronavirus outbreak
- Date: 29th February 2020
- Summary: BAREGGIO, ITALY (FEBRUARY 29, 2020) (REUTERS) ELECTRONIC BOARD READING (Italian) "CORONAVIRUS, INFORMATION AND NEWS FOR CITIZENS, COMPANIES, ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANISATIONS OF THE AREA" / CARNIVAL, ALL THE FORESEEN EVENTS ARE SUSPENDED" CYCLIST PASSING IN FRONT OF ELECTRONIC BOARD BANNER READING (Italian) "STATE MIDDLE SCHOOL GIORGIO PERLASCA, MAN OF PEACE" BANNER READING (
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- Keywords: China Coronavirus outbreak Italy Lombardy Milan health school teacher
- Location: BAREGGIO, ITALY
- City: BAREGGIO, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Health/Medicine
- Reuters ID: LVA001C2O0ZLZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Italian authorities have shut schools, universities, museums, cinemas and theatres across much of northern Italy as a new coronavirus outbreak worsens but a school near Milan is using digital technology so children do not miss lessons.
In Bareggio, about 20 kilometers from Milan, 37-year-old schoolteacher Alessio Villarosa kept on teaching Italian, geography and history despite the closures for a second consecutive week in three northern Italian regions in an effort to contain the outbreak.
Students at Giorgio Perlasca middle school were already used to this kind of digital teaching after the school introduced the concept to allow pupils to learn at home before classes.
As part of their daily routine, students should follow their teacher's requests that include watching documentaries on YouTube.
Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia Romagna have accounted for more than 90% of some 900 confirmed cases of the virus that have so far come to light in Italy, as well as all the 21 fatalities.
Looking to halt the spread of the highly infectious disease, the government last week banned public gatherings across much of northern Italy and shuttered educational centres.
The disease is concentrated in just a few areas and some locals had hoped that schools in places with few or no coronavirus cases could now re-open.
The government is growing increasingly concerned about the economic impact of the virus, which has struck the industrial heartland of the euro zone's third largest economy.
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