He said the arranged quarantine through Rome in the north over the weekend was not enough and will last the whole country, affecting the country’s 60 million inhabitants.
“There will only be one red zone,” Conte told reporters. “There will be Italy.”
Italy recorded 1,807 more cases shown on Monday night, for a national total of 9,172, the highest number of cases of viruses outside China. The death toll in Italy also increased from 97 to 463.
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In the early hours of Sunday, Conte signed a decree seeking to lock 16 million other people in the disgustingly rich north of Italy, adding the entire Lombardy region and 14 provinces in the regions of Piedmont, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna, until April 3.
The most recent measures increase school closures until April 3. Schools in central and southern Italy that were closed due to the virus were due to reopen on 16 March.
Conte also criticized other young people who continued to gather to drink and have a good time in the midst of a fitness crisis. According to the above decree, pubs, bars and restaurants in the affected domain were ordered to close at dusk. The first few hours now apply to the total Italy.
“This nightlifeArray … we can’t allow that anymore,” he says.
The measures caused confusion among Italians about who can travel and where. The epidemic is also affecting the Italian judicial system.
Authorities said Monday that six inmates in an Italian dungeon died after breaking into the infirmary and taking an overdose of methadone. Inmates protested opposing measures to involve the virus in prison.
Authorities said the prisoners climbed on the roof of the criminal st. Vittore in Milan and brandished a painted sheet that read “Insult” in Italian asking for forgiveness. Measures to involve the virus have paralyzed the judicial system well, expanding tensions between criminals.
Italian doctors celebrated a small victory after the first patient diagnosed with the disease, a 38-year-old Unilever worker, gave up intensive care and began breathing on his own. But the immediate spread of the virus forced them to serve as war doctors, classifying patients into access to the few beds of extensive care.
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“Unfortunately, we are at the beginning,” said Dr. Massimo Galli, head of infectious diseases at the Sacco Hospital in Milan.
Travellers at Milan’s main exercise station had to tell the self-certified police bureaucracy that they were traveling for “proven professional needs,” conditions of need, reasons for physical fitness or to return home. They were also asked to provide identity documents, telephone numbers and an explanation of the reason for the transfer from the monetary center.
Throughout Italy, museums and archaeological sites have been closed, weddings have been cancelled and restaurants have been asked to keep visitors more than a metre away from each other. Authorities ordered the closure of elevators across the country, including those outdoors in the quarantine zone, after academics whose categories had been cancelled began arranging trips to winter centres.
Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Vatican hotel where he lives, broadcasting the occasion live, but resumed some meetings.
For many others, the new coronavirus only causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially the elderly and others with existing physical problems, this can lead to a more serious illness, adding pneumonia.
The Associated Press contributed to the report.