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Coronavirus: Milan set for lockdown with Italy poised to shut worst-hit region – Sky News, Sky.com

Coronavirus: Milan set for lockdown with Italy poised to shut worst-hit region – Sky News, Sky.com
                                                     

The Italian government is poised to introduce tough new measures to try and stop the spread of coronavirus, including telling people not to enter or leave the hardest-hit region of Lombardy, according to a draft decree.

So far, limited areas of northern Italy – known as “red zones” – have been quarantined.

But the draft legislation tells people not to travel out of or inside Lombardy – the country’s wealthiest and most populous region, which includes the financial capital Milan.

Another 15 provinces in other regions are also covered in the document which is expected to be approved in the coming hours.

Those include Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia and Rimini in the region of Emilia-Romagna; Venice, Padua and Treviso in the region of Veneto; Asti and Alessandria in Piedmont; and the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the central region of Marche.

The decree instructs citizens to “absolutely avoid” either entering or leaving the areas listed, and even to avoid moving around other than for emergencies or “essential work reasons” within the designated areas.

     

Cafes and restaurants will be allowed to stay open as long as a distance of one meter between customers can be guaranteed.

Schools will be closed until at least 3 April in all areas covered by the decree – including towns in Emilia-Romagna, Veneto and Piedmont.

Museums, gyms and swimming pools will also close and holiday is cancelled for all health care workers, according to the decree which has been seen by Reuters news agency.

The country has seen its number of infections rise by more than 1, in the last hours and has reported the second highest number of fatalities at .

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