Rumors that the extended quarantine measures Saturday night were to be implemented prompted scenes of panic among residents.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree imposing restrictions to the movement of people in the northern region of Lombardy and 14 northern provinces.Rumors that the extended quarantine measures Saturday night were to be implemented prompted scenes of panic among residents trying to get out before the restrictions came into force.
Passengers get off the train arriving from Milan , at the Garibaldi central station train in Naples, southern Italy. The Italian authorities are taking all necessary measures to close the entire northern Italian region of Lombardy, which is home to around 16 million people, in an attempt to stop the COVID 19 coronavirus.
The publication of a draft decree Saturday afternoon by a newspaper revealing the forthcoming, wider quarantine measures prompted panic among residents trying to get out before the restrictions came into force after midnight. Media reports said bars and restaurants emptied out with thousands of people trying to leave the region in cars and trains where there were reports of shoving and pushing by passengers. There was reportedly a riot in a prison in Modena when inmates were informed that prison visits from relatives had been banned to prevent the spread of infection.
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