Virus cases continue to rise despite millions confined indoors. FMTNews Italy virus shutdown
A billboard over a deserted road advises limiting travels in Rome due to the coronavirus.
However, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte insisted on Saturday that “Italy is not stopping” after a marathon all-night meeting with unions and businesses where security procedures were agreed to protect those Italians still going to work. However, larger open spaces such as Rome’s 80-hectare Villa Borghese will remain open as long as visitors remain a metre apart, as physical exercise is one of the reasons for movement deemed “essential” under the new rules.
The mayor of the southern city of Bari posted a video on his social media channels of himself personally telling the few people in one of the city’s parks to go home. But authorities are worried that a new wave of cases could follow the events of the last weekend, when crowds of visitors descended on beaches and ski resorts in the north despite the isolation measures.
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