Italy imposes quarantine on Milan and much of the industrial north – EU

The latest restrictions in Italy due to the coronavirus include a partial quarantine in its richest and most populated region of Lombardy, where the financial center of Milan is located, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said today, quoted by Reuters.

Previously, the government announced a new package of measures, which will take effect on Friday and plans to tighten restrictions and divide Italy into three zones: red, orange and yellow, depending on the severity of the epidemic.

Italy reported more than 30,000 new COVID-19 cases and 352 deaths from the disease

Zoning depends on several factors, including local level of infection and hospital occupancy, and restrictions will be tailored to the situation.

In the worst-hit red areas, people will be able to leave their homes only to work, for health reasons or in emergency situations, and bars, restaurants and most shops will be closed.

Unlike the national quarantine in the spring, now all plants will remain open.

Conte told a press conference that the red zones would cover the large northern regions of Lombardy and Piedmont, the southern region of Calabria and the small alpine region of Valle d’Aosta.

He said that the rest of Italy’s 20 districts were considered less risky in terms of coronavirus and had no specific restrictions.

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