Easter holiday plans of thousands of Brits are in tatters over Italy coronavirus crisis

Holiday plans of thousands of Britons have been thrown into jeopardy due to Italy's ongoing coronavirus crisis after the UK foreign office changed its advice for travellers to Italy. Operators of the 'Napoli Servizi' city services fumigate the Church of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples to counteract the danger of a contagion from the coronavirus, Naples Tourist with protective face mask looks on in the Piazza San Marco in Venice this afternoon Italian healthcare staff of the infectious diseases department of the Padova Hospital wear protective suits and face masks as they swab people waiting in line in front of a Civil Protection tent due to the Covid 19 Coronavirus outbreak in Padua British Airways is offering customers the option to swap and change some of their flights Approximately three millions British nationals visit Italy every year. Despite this advice from various travel companies, one single mother faces losing hundreds of pounds after she booked her daughter on a school trip to northern Italy. Her mother is being forced to chose whether to send her on the trip and risk her becoming ill - or keeping her at home and losing hundreds of pounds Tourists, one wearing a respiratory mask, talk while respecting security distance, as they visit the Colosseum in Rome Italian healthcare staff of the infectious diseases department of the Padova Hospital wear protective suits and face masks as they swab people waiting in line in front of a Civil Protection tent due to the Covid 19 Coronavirus outbreak in Padua Single mother faces losing hundreds of pounds on ski trip for her 10-year-old daughter to virus-hit Northern Italy Amanda Clarke's 10-year-old daughter, Amelia Taylor-Clarke had been due to go to Bormio in Lombardy on March 21, which Amanda said she has 'spent all year saving £750 for'. People stand in Piazza di Spagna square, after the government decree to close schools, cinemas, and urge people to work from home and not stand closer than one metre to each other in Rome, A picture shows the deserted Piazza Duomo in Milan this week as Italy closed all schools and universities A woman is seen wearing a protective mask in Milan as just a few other tourists are seen around her 'With thousands of holidaymakers already worrying about whether to cancel upcoming holidays, the government must ensure it is reacting quickly to developments in the spread of the virus to avoid any further confusion for travellers.'