A nurse has allegedly killed his doctor girlfriend "because he thought she gave him coronavirus."
The incident took place in Sicily, where the couple had been drafted to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Italy is currently the worst-hit country in the world by the pandemic, and John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center reports that at the time of writing, there have been 13,155 deaths.
This man describes his symptoms of coronavirus:Twenty-seven-year-old Lorena Quaranta was found dead at the apartment where she lived with 28-year-old Antonio De Pace. Per the Metro, he has confessed to murdering the medic, who had only qualified recently.
The news outlet added that De Pace had simultaneously slit his wrists, but his life was saved by Quaranta's colleagues.
Afterward, he was taken to the local prosecutor where he explained his actions by saying: "I killed her because she gave me coronavirus."
A police source said: "She was a doctor who was working hard to save others. It's such a tragedy."
The Sun has reported that postmortem tests are now being carried out on the couple to establish whether or not they had the virus. Early indications suggest that this was not the case.
A woman is pictured below being tested for COVID-19.
Prior to her death, per the Metro, Quaranta had taken to social media to encourage people to follow the rules of the lockdown and stay at home to prevent the spread of the virus.
She wrote: "Now more than ever we need to demonstrate responsibility and love for life. You must show respect for yourselves, your families and the country."
The John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center reports that there have been a total of 956,588 confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally and 48,320 deaths at the time of writing.
