The FA will today hold urgent talks over the impact of the coronavirus on England's Wembley friendly with Italy next month.

Senior staff will sit down at the national stadium to talk through the problems associated with the fixture after the outbreak increased in northern Italy.

More than 370 people have been diagnosed with the virus in Italy, with nearly a dozen towns put into quarantine. Twelve people are known to have died.

The FA will hold talks at Wembley over the coronavirus ahead of England's friendly with Italy

Jadon Sancho, Raheem Sterling and their England team-mates are due to face Italy in March

Events across the sporting landscape have been effected by the outbreak, with Italian authorities putting restrictions in place in an attempt to stop the spread of the disease.

Thousands of fans were scheduled to travel to London for the Euro 2020 warm-up on March 27, but there are now fears that the game could be under threat.

Inter Milan's Europa League match at home to Ludogorets will be played behind closed doors on Thursday, on the back of four Serie A matches being postponed last weekend.

The FA is meeting to discuss England's game with Italy as well as other matters related to coronavirus.

England's partially-sighted team are due to to play in Italy next month, while there was also talk of Italy's Under 18s coming over to the the UK.

Euro 2020 is almost certainly going to be another topic of discussion, but the main focus is on March as the tournament is then the jurisdiction of UEFA and the relevant authorities.

Rome, which has not been affected so far, is due to hold three group stage matches and one quarter-final in June and July.

The coronavirus outbreak has escalated in Italy over the last week, with 12 people now dead

Inter Milan will play their European tie against Ludogorets behind closed doors at the San Siro

'We are at the waiting stage. We are monitoring country by country, and football must follow the orders of the individual countries,' Italian Michele Uva, a member of the UEFA executive committee, told state broadcaster Rai.

'The sporting path will only be closed if the situation gets worse.'

So far, the FA has said it will continue to take government advice, with no special measures currently planned for next month's match against Italy.

UEFA confirmed that Inter's match with Ludogorets at the San Siro was the only Europa League game to be affected by coronavirus.

The governing body said in a statement: 'All other UEFA matches scheduled this week will go ahead as planned and at this time there are no restrictions for attending supporters.

'UEFA will continue to closely monitor the situation regarding Covid-19 and to liaise with relevant authorities in this respect.'