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The main square in the 3,300-strong town of Vo', which went into quarantine lockdown in February (Photo: G. Catania)

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Vo' - the Italian town that defeated coronavirus

The main square in the 3,300-strong town of Vo', which went into quarantine lockdown in February (Photo: G. Catania)

There is a place in Italy where the coronavirus has already been defeated. Its name is Vo', a small settlement of 3,000 inhabitants in the countryside of the Veneto region, about 70km from Venice.

It suddenly became famous around the world on 21 February, after the news of Italy's first virus-related fatality: one of its residents, pensioner Adriano Trevisan.

After the ministry of health defined it as "a cluster of infectio...

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Valentina Saini is a freelance journalist specialising in Italian social issues and politics, gender issues and the Middle East and North Africa region.

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