Mayors in southern Italy have spent the last week scolding residents for disobeying lockdown orders amid the coronavirus pandemic. Italy has been under total lockdown since March 13, as coronavirus cases continue to spread rapidly through the country.
Italy has been under total lockdown since March 13, as coronavirus cases continue to spread rapidly through the country. But some residents have not heeded lawmakers' orders. Some Italian officials said they have seen people wandering empty cities, gathering at parks to play games and walking their dogs."Go home, this is not a film on TV, this is a national emergency!," Antonio Decaro, Mayor of Bari, stressed to his residents last week.
On Monday, Italy confirmed 601 new coronavirus related deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 6,077. Another 4,789 new cases have been diagnosed, bringing the total number of cases to 63,927.Other mayors have confronted people out in the streets directly."This morning, I found one of our citizens who was lovingly doing a round with his dog that was visibly stressed," Giuseppe Falcomatà, the mayor of Reggio Calabria, said on Friday.
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