Italy on full lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus

 10 March 2020
By Adam Vaughan

Italy has put the country’s 60 million people on lockdown in the most drastic action taken outside China to tackle the spread of coronavirus. As of 10 March, the country had diagnosed more than 9100 cases, second only to China. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said Italy may not stop at the (31) ______ restrictions and could use further “massive shock therapy”.
Travel restrictions just for northern Italy were first leaked on Saturday, causing (32) ______ reactions before an official decree was published on Sunday. The measure, unexpectedly (33) ______ to the whole of Italy on Monday night, (34) ______ people must limit travel except for work or medical reasons, or risk a three month prison sentence or a €206 fine.
The travel ban is being enforced on roads by the Carabinieri (military police), while rail services – including night trains from Paris to Venice – have been cancelled. However, flight-tracking service Flightradar24 says that more than 250 flights departed from the five airports for Milan and Venice on Monday, the area (35) ______ locked down on Sunday. British Airways announced on Tuesday that it was cancelling all flights to and from Italy.
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office has changed its travel advice, advising against all but (36) ______ travel to Italy and telling anyone returning from the country to self-isolate for 14 days even if they have no symptoms. UK nationals are still able to leave Italy, it added.
The Italian authorities said the draconian measures are necessary to (37) ______ the spread of the virus and relieve the burden on healthcare systems. A report in The Guardian said 733 people were in (38) ______ care in the Lombardy region, one of the worst (39) ______ regions, but it only has about 500 public health intensive care beds.
“We are encouraged that Italy is taking (40) ______ measures to contain its epidemic. And we hope they prove effective in the coming days,” said World Health Organization (WHO) director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a press conference on Monday.（337）
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（https://www.newscientist.com/article/2236864-italy-on-full-lockdown-to-slow-the-spread-of-coronavirus/#ixzz6GL07DG2t）