{"id":5374,"date":"2020-03-10T10:52:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T10:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2020-03-10T10:52:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T10:52:19","slug":"dont-travel-dont-socialise-stay-inside-italys-coronavirus-lockdown-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=5374","title":{"rendered":"Don’t travel, don’t socialise, stay inside: Italy’s coronavirus lockdown rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Italians have been told to stay at home and avoid all non-essential travel <\/a>as quarantine measures were extended to the whole country to stop the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the main points of a government decree signed on Monday night that brings the restrictions into effect until 3 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t travel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Tuesday, the movements of Italy\u2019s population of 60 million are severely limited. Travel is only allowed for \u201curgent, verifiable work situations and emergencies or health reasons\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People who have tested positive for Covid-19 must not leave their homes for any reason, while anyone with a fever or respiratory symptoms is strongly encouraged to stay at home and limit social contact, including with their doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To avoid work-related travel, public and private companies have been urged to put their staff on leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gatherings cancelled<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The latest decree prohibits \u201call forms of gatherings in public places or sites open to the public\u201d \u2013 going further than the rules that went into force over the weekend in large parts of northern Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sporting events of all levels and disciplines were cancelled, stopping play in the top-flight Serie-A football league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High-level professional training for top national sports events and competitions organised by international bodies, such as the Olympic Games, may go ahead without spectators. All athletes, coaches and managers will undergo health checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swimming pools, spas, sports halls and wellness centres must not operate, and ski resorts across the country are shut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Venues closed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To encourage people to stay in, bars and restaurants are only allowed to open between 6am and 6pm, and only if it is possible to keep a distance of at least a metre between customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All museums and cultural venues are closed, as well as nightclubs, cinemas, theatres and casinos, which have been shut since the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While supermarkets will remain open, large shopping centres and department stores must close on public holidays and the day before public holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

School\u2019s out<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Schools and universities are closed, and all exams cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Religious institutions will stay open, as long as people can stay a metre from one another \u2013 but ceremonies such as marriages, baptisms and funerals are banned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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