ROME: Italian authorities said on Sunday (Mar 29) they would extend a month-long lockdown to stem the coronavirus pandemic, as the number of ...
People queue outside a butcher shop at Campo de Fiori square as Italy tightens measures to try and contain the spread of the coronavirus, in Rome, Italy. REUTERS/Alberto LingriaROME: Italian authorities said on Sunday they would extend a month-long lockdown to stem the coronavirus pandemic, as the number of deaths in the country reached 10,779 and the number of infected neared 100,000.
"We are witnessing a slowdown," University of Milan virologist Fabrizio Pregliasco told the Il Corriere della Sera daily.Italy closed all of its schools at the start of the month and then began gradually imposing a lockdown, tightening it successively until almost all stores were shut on Mar 12. "The measures expiring on Apr 3 will inevitably be extended," Boccia told Italy's Sky TG24 television.A final decision is expected to be made at a ministerial meeting in the coming days.
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