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St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City in Rome
Officials in Italy have expanded emergency anti-coronavirus restrictions to apply to the whole country. The Italian government is directing all residents to remain at home and not to travel unless required by their work.
All public gatherings in open air or public places are being banned. Schools in the entire country are to remain closed until April 3.
The decree, which affects all 60 million people living in Italy, will go into effect tomorrow, according to Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
As of Monday, Italy had 9,172 coronavirus cases and 463 deaths, according to health officials.
Also, from Reuters: “Pope Francis has canceled his regular appearances in public to stop crowds gathering to see him and will stream them on the internet from inside the Vatican because of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy.”