Monday, March 9, 2020

Coronavirus: Italy Puts Quarter of Its Population on Lockdown as Cases Soar

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/coronavirus-italy-quarter-population-lockdown-cases-soar.html
"Italy’s government has implemented the most restrictive measures outside China to try to contain the rapidly spreading coronavirus. Early Sunday, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree that virtually locks down large parts of the country’s wealthy northern region, affecting a quarter of its population. The extraordinary move amounts to the country sacrificing much of its fragile economy in an effort to try to slow the increase of new cases."

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