CORONAVIRUS | Rome ordered all businesses to close until April 3 except those essential to the country's supply chain.
| Italy recorded a rise in deaths from the coronavirus of almost 800 on Saturday, taking the toll in the world's hardest-hit country to almost 5,000.
Conte did not specify which factories and businesses will be considered crucial to keep the country going. On Saturday fatalities jumped by 793 to 4,825 in the largest one-day rise since the contagion emerged a month ago. Italy's failure to reduce its huge debt of 134 percent of gross domestic product would normally have drawn a rebuke from the EU executive, but von der Leyen said there were no other priorities.
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