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| Italy ‘QUARANTINES’ 16 MILLION people in Lombardy & 14 other provinces in attempt to stop coronavirus outbreak | Italy ‘QUARANTINES’ 16 MILLION people in Lombardy & 14 other provinces in attempt to stop coronavirus outbreak |
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| 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. | 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 across Lombardy region, including its capital Milan, as well as 14 other provinces in the Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna and Veneto, local media report. | The quarantine measures – most drastic outside of mainland China so far – affect some 16 million people across Lombardy region, including its capital Milan, as well as 14 other provinces in the Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna and Veneto, local media report. |
| While the central government stopped short of introducing a complete travel ban, calling it a “reduced mobility” regime, it virtually bans citizens from entering or leaving the “red zones” unless for an emergency or “essential work reason.” | |
| In addition to schools and universities, all museums, gyms, cultural centres, ski resorts and swimming pools will be shut in the affected areas, until at least April 3. | |
| The draft of the bill, leaked earlier on Saturday, triggered heated debates and a pushback from regional authorities. Conte eventually signed the bill late after midnight, saying that Italy could not lose another day in the battle against the deadly disease. | |
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