Twenty-eight migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea have tested positive for coronavirus, Sicily's governor said today. The positive tests represent the largest cluster yet among newly arrived migrants. Right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini, who implemented a hard-line anti-migrant policy when he was Italy's interior minister, said the positive tests proved migrants were a threat. 'While Conte takes apart the security decree and opens the ports, the NGOs bring COVID-19 migrants to Italy. The positive tests come as a parliamentary commission is visiting Porto Empedocle to check on migrant and health care issues.

Source: Daily Mail June 24, 2020 13:51 UTC