Diego Bianco, 47, died overnight on Friday at the home he shared with his wife and their child (Picture: Getty)

A paramedic has died at his home in Italy after contracting Covid-19.



Diego Bianco, 47, died overnight on Friday at a property he shared with his wife and their eight-year-old son, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported.



He lived and worked in Lombardy, in the north of the country, which has been devastated by the infection.



The heavily populated area around the financial capital Milan, has been Italy’s worst-affected region with 966 deaths and 11,685 confirmed cases,




In total here have been more than 21,000 cases and 1,441 deaths in Italy as a result of coronavirus.



Diego Bianco worked for the emergency services

Bianco, from Montello, worked in an emergency service operations centre, which was later sanitised.





Some of his colleagues were also sent home to self-isolate after experiencing coronavirus symptoms.



He was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Thursday after suffering from a high temperature from March 7.



A member of the medical personnel wearing a protective face mask is seen inside the Spedali Civili hospital in Brescia, Italy (Picture: Reuters)

Civil Protection volunteers deliver the groceries and medicines at homes to people who cannot go out (Picture: EPA)

His colleagues said he was medically fine before his death and added his job required his health to be ‘constantly monitored’.



Colleague Davide Brescancin claimed rescuers were being exposed to the virus all the time and pleaded with authorities to protect them with stricter procedures, according to local reports.



Health union Adl Cobas Lombardia spokesman Riccardo Germani said: ‘Diego was a trained worker, a rescuer who has always used personal protective equipment, was not elderly and did not have any other diseases.



‘He was one of the 700 health workers, doctors, nurses and rescuers who have already been infected.’



A 38-year-old disabled man is thought to be the youngest man to die from coronavirus in Italy.

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