(ANSA) - Caltanissetta, March 12 - A 58-year-old biologist
employed by a Sicilian health body became the first coronavirus
victim on the island Thursday after refusing to be hospitalized
for almost a week.
The man was admitted to an ER after a sudden attack of
pneumonia but refused to be moved to an intensive care ward
despite the insistence of doctors.
Coronavirus: Biologist, 58, dies after refusing hospital
First victim in Sicily