Italy marks a year since first coronavirus death

Residents of Codogno, northern Italy, attend the unveiling of a memorial for Covid deaths (Luca Bruno/AP)

Italians have marked one year since their country experienced its first known Covid-19 death, with wreath-laying ceremonies, tree plantings and church services.

Towns in Italy’s north were the first to be hard-hit by the pandemic and put under lockdown, and residents paid tribute to the dead.