Italy has imposed the most draconian lockdown outside mainland China as it attempts to control Europe's biggest outbreak of the novel coronavirus, restricting the movements of more than 10 million people in the northern part of the country.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree early Sunday, placing travel restrictions on the entire Lombardy region and 14 other provinces.
The Pope gave a prayer via livestream As the extraordinary response to the coronavirus affects almost every aspect of Italian life, Pope Francis delivered a livestream prayer from the Vatican.He began his address saying that it was quite unusual for the Pope to be"locked away." "We do this so that the close concentration of people won't spread the virus," he said via video, before praying for those suffering from the virus and those who are assisting them.
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