03-13-2020, 03:44 AM
Quote:Italy shuts nearly all shops as WHO declares pandemic. Italy is to close all shops except food stores and pharmacies in Europe's toughest lockdown yet as virus deaths and cases continue to mount.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said bars, restaurants, hairdressers and non-essential company departments would also close.
The country has already closed schools, gyms, museums, nightclubs and other venues across the country. It has more than 12,000 confirmed cases and a death toll of 827.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51845817
The whole of Italy has been put on lockdown ? I didn't expected that this is such a serious problem. I noted a post from an Italian who mentioned that other Western countries didn't take this news seriously as the death rate is more. He said that some people think that only elder people get coronavirus which is not the case as he has seen younger people getting admitted in hospital as well. Hospitals are overwhelmed with patients and short of beds.
While these kinds of problems are going on, there are still some people who spread some lies. One of them is a false claim about a vaccine you can buy which cures coranavirus and it was made in Australia and the only country that bought it is Switzerland.
One Italian fact-checking site which picked up on the story said "a vaccine does not exist, but what does exist are people who enjoy spreading lies."
Last time the fires in Australia killed billions of animals and now the coronavirus. Seems like more bad things are happening recently. I hope Italy gets better.
