A medic checks the temperature of a driver coming from Italy due to the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Italy at the Brenner Pass border crossing between Italy and Austria, March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is introducing border checks and will deny entry to people arriving from Italy, drastically stepping up measures aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Tuesday.
The announcement comes a day after Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the whole of his country was being placed under lockdown until next month, an unprecedented and unexpected new attempt to beat coronavirus in Europe's worst-affected country.
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