Coronavirus toll touches 29 in Italy, American Airlines Inc flights to Milan suspended

Italy is currently reeling from one of its worst viral outbreak, owing to Coronavirus, with over 1100 confirmed cases and 29 deaths reported. The outbreak was reported from around 60 km from Milan; the same has prompted the American Airlines Inc. to cancel its US flights to Milan.

The development came right after the US State Department raised its travel warning for certain parts of Italy. Saturday saw the government raising its travel warning to Level 4: Do Not Travel to Veneto and Lombardo. It cited the reason as “due to the level of community transmission of the virus and imposition of local quarantine procedures”.
US Vice President Mike Pence said that the US State Department would be working closely with Italy for proper medical screening of any passenger flying in from Italy to the USA.

Reportedly, American Airlines Inc will suspend all its flights to Milan from John F Kennedy Airport as well as Miami. The only exception to the said suspension would be its daily flight between Philadelphia and Rome. Sunday saw the last of its flights returning from Italy. It is expected that American would resume its season flight operations to Venice in May.