A 28-year-old Italian nurse, identified as Antonio De Pace has strangled his doctor girlfriend, Lorena Quaranta, to death after suspecting she infected him with Coronavirus.
The nurse who committed the crime, was said to have reported himself to the police after the incident.
According to DailyMail, upon arrival at the apartment, the police found the girlfriend dead while De Pace was found on the floor, having cut his wrists.
However, the medics were able to save his life at the hospital.
He then ‘confessed to investigators that he’d murdered her after she gave him Covid-19.’
The young couple was said to have been one of the hands working in a local hospital in Messina, Sicily, to help during the coronavirus crisis.