Published.
March 11, 2020 05: 17:15
Italians are bracing for an extended period of seclusion following sweeping brand-new regulations by its federal government to stop the spread of coronavirus across the country.
Key points:
- Italy’s government has actually bought the entire country, more than 60 million people, into lockdown up until April
- The country has more than 10,000 tape-recorded cases of coronavirus, resulting in more than 600 deaths
- Turin-based Australian Dillon Burt says the choice to lockdown has triggered panic
It comes as Prime Minister Giuseppi Conte informed 60 million Italians to “remain at house” as the Mediterranean nation grapples with among the greatest break outs of COVID-19