A passenger wearing a protective mask checks a flights timetable at Milan's Linate airport on March 11, 2020, a day after Italy imposed unprecedented national restrictions on its 60 million people Tuesday to control the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus. / AFP
Buenos Aires: Argentina and Colombia on Wednesday announced that travelers from the countries worst-affected by the new coronavirus, such as China and Italy, would be isolated to protect the wider population.
Argentina was the first country in Latin America to suffer a coronavirus-related death on Saturday, with Panama also announcing one on Tuesday.