The Latest: Italy expands shutdown to nearly all stores

[brooklynite]

Source: AP News

The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak sweeping the globe:

Italy’s premier says all stores except pharmacies and grocery stores are being closed nationwide in response to the country’s coronavirus outbreak.

Premier Giuseppe Conte thanked the public for cooperating with the already unprecedented travel and social restrictions that took effect Tuesday.

But he said Wednesday night on Facebook Live that Italy must ” go another step? by closing all shops and businesses except for food stores, pharmacies and other shops selling ?essential? items.

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[gopiscrap]

1. we need to do that here

[RKP5637]

3. The damn fool president of the US likely thinks he can

just scream and debase coronavirus and it will just go away, he's so F'en demented.

[catsudon]

2. this will be us in 14 days

if we don't do something like Taiwan or at least Japan

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