ITALIAN MAN WITH CORONAVIRUS WHO HID SYMPTOMS TO GET RHINOPLASTY FACING 12 YEARS IN PRISON

An Italian man is facing up to 12 years in prison after he hid his coronavirus 

symptoms in order to get a rhinoplasty, infecting multiple doctors and nurses.

According to the Italian news agency, La Repubblica, a prosecutor officially 

opened a case against the man for an "aggravated culpable epidemic."

The case stems from an incident that occurred last week at the Parini Hospital in Aosta,

 a region in northwest Italy. The man went to the hospital for an ordinary nose operation,

 but just before he was placed in the operating room the anesthesiologist noticed a rise

 in his body temperature.

Shortly after, the man was tested and was determined to be infected with COVID-19, 

the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus that has run rampant in Italy. 

He was then discharged and ordered to self-quarantine at home, however, the 

newspaper said the man already infected the anesthesiologist, nurse and the doctor.

According to La Repubblica, the man was working in a resort in Aosta, where he 

came in contact with a number of tourists from Lombardi, a coronavirus epicenter

 in Italy. While working at the resort, he experienced coronavirus symptoms, 

including a mild cough, but feared that reporting the symptoms to health officials 

would force his rhinoplasty to be postponed.

While speaking with La Reubblica, Riccardo Brachet Contul, the regional secretary

 of the local hospital, Valle d'Aosta, explained why it is so important for all 

medical workers to avoid contracting the coronavirus.

"It is necessary that we continue to monitor the health of medical workers, nurses 

and all health workers," Contul told La Repubblica, translated by Google. "To allow 

us to adopt all the preventive measures that have been taken anyway and that will

 have to be implemented in the future to ensure that the Aosta hospital works."