The Lombardy region is the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy and also of two minor earthquakes that were felt this morning.
The people of the area must feel besieged at the moment, as everyone in lockdown felt the tremors.
There was a smaller one of 2.9 on the Richter scale at 7.16am local time, then a stronger quake of 3.7 at 11.53 local time, with the epicentre in Pavia.
Lombardy is where the first coronavirus case was discovered in Italy and it remains by far the worst affected by the pandemic.
The Lombardy region is the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy and also of two minor earthquakes that were felt this morning.
The people of the area must feel besieged at the moment, as everyone in lockdown felt the tremors.
There was a smaller one of 2.9 on the Richter scale at 7.16am local time, then a stronger quake of 3.7 at 11.53 local time, with the epicentre in Pavia.
Lombardy is where the first coronavirus case was discovered in Italy and it remains by far the worst affected by the pandemic.
Of the total 23,227 deaths registered in Italy, 12,050 were in the Lombardy region.
The next highest figure for a region is Emilia-Romagna with just 2,965.
Of 17,925 positive tests in the country, 65,381 were in Lombardy, compared to 22,184 in Emilia-Romagna.