On Monday, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte ordered people to stay home and seek permission for essential travel. He said the measures were designed to protect the most vulnerable. “There is no more time,” he said in a TV address. Italy’s coronavirus death toll jumped from 366 to 463 on Monday. It is the worst-hit country after China. The number of confirmed infections also increased by 24% from Sunday, official figures showed. Cases of the virus have been confirmed in all 20 Italian regions. Mr. Conte said the best thing was for people to stay at home. “We’re having an important growth in infection… and of deaths,” he said in an evening address. “The whole of Italy will become a protected zone,” he added.
“We all must give something up for the good of Italy. We have to do it now. “This is why I decided to adopt even more strong and severe measures to contain the advance… and protect the health of all citizens.” In an earlier interview with La Repubblica newspaper, Mr. Conte said of the outbreak: “I have been thinking about the old speeches of [Winston] Churchill – it is our darkest hour, but we will make it.” Mr. Conte described the measures as “I stay home” – with people forbidden to gather in public. “No more nightlife; we can’t allow this anymore since they are occasions for contagion,” he said. All sporting events – including football matches – are suspended nationwide. Schools and universities will remain closed until 3 April. –BBC
95 countries now infected: The novel coronavirus has spread throughout the world since the first cases were detected in central China in December. More than 4,000 people have died globally and over 114,000 have been infected during the pandemic, according to CNN’s tally. China’s National Health Commission has confirmed the virus, which causes a disease known as Covid-19, can be transmitted from person to person through “droplet transmission” — where a virus is passed on due to an infected person sneezing or coughing — as well as by direct contact.
In mainland China, more than 80,700 cases of the virus and over 3,100 deaths have been recorded — the vast majority in Hubei province, ground zero for the outbreak. There are more than 32,000 confirmed cases of the virus in over 95 countries and territories outside mainland China. At least 870 people have died outside of mainland China from the virus. –KRDO
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