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The big cities of Italy would be preparing for a total shutdown starting Monday. The Italian press writes that the first metropolis that could close is Milan.
The government is discussing a new blockade in the most affected cities, in force since Monday, amid the increase in coronavirus cases.
The first metropolis that could be closed is Milan. Thousands of new people are infected and hospital emergency rooms are being raided daily.
Therefore, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is negotiating with the President of the Lombardy region, Attilio Fontana, and with Mayor Beppe Sala to assess the tightening of the rules, which would include a ban on unmotivated movements of people, but also of non-essential activities.
Other cities too Naples, Bologna, Turin and Rome would be heading for closure.
Rome had more than 2,000 positive cases on Friday, and in Naples, the president of the Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, has already closed kindergartens and kindergartens, but other lockdowns are not excluded.
Therefore, instead of a general lockdown, the Italian government would move towards localized closure of the affected areas.
However, there are other hypotheses on the table of the authorities to stop the spread of the infection, such as closing stores earlier and preventing shopping centers from opening on weekends. The new measures could also target areas where the infection rate exceeds the 1.5 threshold.
Publisher: Georgiana Marina
