Fact check, Italy is one of the first countries in the EU and the Schengen Area to suspend air traffic from China though, after Czech Republic and Greece.
Italian Minister of Health Roberto Speranza has issued a ‘decree closing air traffic to and from China’, in a bid to prevent the virus from spreading in Italy.
“From 10:00 am Beijing local time on January 23, 2020, local authorities have suspended air connections from Wuhan city. Following the identification of two cases of coronaviruses in the country, the Italian authorities, on January 30, 2020, announced the suspension of air traffic to / from China,” a document published by the Embassy of Italy in China reads.