Chinese tourists were first Coronavirus cases in Italy.

Doctors at the Spallanzani, which specialises in treating infectious diseases, announced on 26 February that the pair - a husband and wife in their sixties - were making a good recovery after being treated for 29 days at the Rome hospital.

Separately a 28-year-old Italian man - among a group of 56 people flown back to Italy earlier this month from Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly epidemic - was also treated successfully for Coronavirus at the Spallanzani and has already been discharged.

Meanwhile doctors at the Spallanzani say that Niccolò, the 17-year-old Italian student airlifted back from Wuhan on 15 February, is also making an excellent recovery from Coronavirus but must complete his isolation period before being discharged.