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respirator mask, Italy now has registered more cases of the virus than any country but China, where the disease apparently has been in retreat. Italy took a page from China’s playbook Sunday, attempting to lock down 16 million people — more than a quarter of its population — for nearly a month to halt the relentless march of the new coronavirus across Europe. CORONAVIRUS: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW Weddings and museums, movie theaters and shopping malls all were affected by the new restrictions, which focused on a swath of northern Italy but were disrupting daily life around the country. Confusion reigned after the quarantine was announced, with residents and tourists from Venice to Milan trying to figure out how and when the new measures would take effect. Travelers crammed aboard standing-room-only trains, tucking their faces into scarves and sharing sanitizing gel.
respirator mask - People wearing masks at a supermarket in Milan on Sunday. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP) Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte signed a quarantine decree early Sunday for the country’s prosperous north. Areas under lockdown included Venice and Milan, Italy’s financial hub. The extraordinary measures will remain in place until April 3, officials said. Tourists in the region, including those from abroad, were free to head home, Italian transport ministry officials said, noting that airports and train stations remained open.
respirator mask, CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE The pope, who has been ill, held his Sunday blessing by video instead of in person, even though he was not directly affected by the lockdown. He described feeling like he was “in a cage.” Italy has been closing all museums and archaeological sites, even those far from the lockdown zone. The northern regions affected by Sunday’s decree closed cinemas and ski slopes. A woman wearing a mask on an escalator inside Milan's central train station Sunday. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)
respirator mask - Restaurants all around Italy were expected, somehow, to keep patrons apart from each other. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The Vatican Museums were closed, including the Sistine Chapel, in yet another blow to Italy’s all-important tourism industry. Alitalia, the Italian airline that already was ailing financially before the virus, suspended all national and international flights from Milan’s Malpensa airport starting Monday. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
respirator mask - Providence Regional Medical Center's Dr. George Diaz offers insight. Dr. George Diaz, the section chief for infectious diseases at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Wash., told America's News HQ on Sunday that most patients infected with the coronavirus can recover at home and do not need to be hospitalized. Most folks that are infected with this virus will have a mild disease — won't need to come to the hospital, won't have to be admitted, Diaz said.