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pandemic, Tourism officials have cited the previous warning covering all of Italy as potentially calamitous to the industry, which represents 13 percent of the gross domestic product in a country famed for its world-class museums, archaeological sites, art cities, and natural beauty. Outbreak keeping people away from airports; Fox Biz Flash: 2/28. On Sunday, Delta Air Lines said that following travel guidance from the State Department it will temporarily suspend its daily flight between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Milan Malpensa Airport. Delta’s last flight from JFK to Milan will depart on Monday, March 2, and the last flight from Milan to JFK will depart on Tuesday, March 3.
pandemic - Service between the two cities will resume starting on May 1 and May 2, respectively, according to the airline. The airline’s daily flights between Rome and both JFK and Atlanta continue to operate as scheduled, Delta said. HHS SECRETARY AZAR SAYS NEW CORONAVIRUS CASE APPEARS IN CHICAGO More than 5.6 million Americans visit Italy every year, representing 9 percent of foreign tourists and the second-largest national group behind Germans, according to the most recent statistics. As the coronavirus outbreak worsens in the northern part of the country, the French community church in Rome, St. Louis of the French, closed its doors to the public on Sunday after a priest was infected with the virus.
pandemic, A Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) officers stands in front of the St. Louis of the French church in Rome, Sunday, March 1, 2020. The French community church in Rome, St. Louis of the French, closed its doors to the public on Sunday, reportedly after a priest was infected with a new virus. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) A sign on the door Sunday noted in French that the church had been closed as a precaution by the French Embassy for both Masses and touristic visits until further notice, according to the AP.
pandemic - CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The Religious Information Service news agency reported the church was closed after a 43-year-old priest who had returned to Paris was hospitalized after being infected by coronavirus. A man reads a note announcing the closing of the St. Louis of the French church in Rome, Sunday, March 1, 2020. The French community church in Rome, St. Louis of the French, closed its doors to the public on Sunday, reportedly after a priest was infected with coronavirus. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
pandemic - The service carried a statement by the archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, who said the priest, who had been living in Rome, returned to Paris by car in mid-February and tested positive for the virus on Friday. The priest was in good condition, Aupetit said. It was the first church in Rome closed by the virus. Churches in much of Veneto and Lombardy have closed their doors under widespread measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus. Televised Masses were available for the faithful. Fox News' Louis Casiano and The Associated Press contributed to this report.