Italian PM Giuseppe Conte has signed an emergency decree, virtually locking down the Lombardy region and 14 other provinces until April 3 to curb the spread of coronavirus that killed at least 233 lives across the country so far.
The quarantine measures – most drastic outside of mainland China so far – affect some 16 million people in Lombardy region, including its capital Milan, as well as 14 other provinces in the Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna and Veneto.
#Coronavirus, appena firmato il nuovo decreto: https://t.co/jYbSx7FEpG
— Giuseppe Conte (@GiuseppeConteIT) March 8, 2020
Source: RT