A Brisbane woman has managed to flee Italy just before the country imposed a lockdown from Coronavirus fears.
Arielle Turnbull, aged 18, fled across the border to Switzerland after arriving in Italy on January 3 for a gap year in the small town of Verano Brianza, about 45 minutes north of Milan.
Ms Turnbull, who then began working as an au pair in Switzerland, said many of her friends are stuck in Italy or had already left before the lockdown.