Approximately 60 million people in Italy are now under total lockdown in a desperate bid from the country's government to halt the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19).
On Monday night, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced severe measures for the entire nation, enforcing something he's calling the "I Stay Home" decree. Strict travel restrictions, previously only in effect in northern Italy, are now applicable to the whole country.
The decree went into effect as of Tuesday morning and will last until April 3, 2020. The lockdown is unprecedented during peacetime in the country. "All the measure of the red zones are now extended to all of the national territory," Conte said in a press conference on Monday. Read more...
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