When a few of the Genoese defenders later boarded their galleys to escape the now plague - ridden town, they spread the disease to every port they visited. Within months the whole of Europe was riddled with death.
त्यामुळे संपूर्ण जेनोआ शहर या रोगाने बाधीत झाले आणि तिथले रहिवाशी आपापल्या बोटींमध्ये बसून शहर सोडून जाऊ लागले.