The country overtakes South Korea with the highest number of cases after China. FMTNews Italy
ROME: A quarter of Italy’s population was in lockdown Sunday as the government announced a spike in deaths, with infections soaring past 7,000, overtaking South Korea as the country with the highest number of cases after China.
Italy’s measures, in place until April 3, bar people from entering or leaving vast areas of the north, according to a decree published online. The lockdown, however, does allow for the return home of those who were in the affected areas but live elsewhere, including tourists. Neighbours Austria and Switzerland said they were monitoring the situation closely with both announcing the suspension of some transport links – though borders remain open.
Pope Francis expressed solidarity with the virus victims in his first livestreamed prayer and message from the Vatican. In Russia, where 17 cases have been reported to date, authorities warned Moscow residents that anyone not respecting quarantine measures risked five years jail if such a violation resulted in a death.And in China itself, the number of new cases reported Sunday was the lowest in weeks, with nearly all 44 of them in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and epicentre of the outbreak.
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