Coronavirus hits Vatican City

The Vatican City has reported its first case of the coronavirus.

All outpatient services at the Vatican’s health clinic were suspended on Friday “in order to sanitize the environments following a positive case of COVID-19 found yesterday in one patient,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in communique. “The emergency room remains working.”

The Department of Health and Hygiene is in the process of informing Italian authorities, the statement added.