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March 10 (Reuters) - Wizz Air has suspended all
flights to Italy and Israel after the two countries announced
plans to try to beat Europe's worst outbreak of coronavirus, the
low-cost carrier said on Tuesday.
Flights to and from Italian airports will be cancelled from
March 10 until April 3 and flights serving Israel's Tel Aviv and
Eilat will be suspended from March 12 until March 23, the
company said.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has put all of Italy
on lockdown from Tuesday until next month in an unprecedented
move.
Israel will require anyone arriving from overseas to
self-quarantine for 14 days as a precaution against the spread
of coronavirus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on
Monday.
Last week the Central and Eastern Europe-focused airline
said it was difficult to predict the extent and duration of the
outbreak and its impact on its new financial year, which begins
next month.
Wizz Air's rivals easyJet and Ryanair have
also cancelled flights into and out of Italy.
(Reporting by Angel Krasimirov; editing by Jason Neely and
Louise Heavens)