Coronavirus: quarter of Italy’s population put in quarantine as virus reaches Washington DC
Giuseppe Conte signs decree early on Sunday after 1,200 cases confirmed in 24 hours
Italy has formally locked down more than a quarter of its population in a bid to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, as the outbreak reached Washington DC and a political convention attended by Donald Trump and Mike Pence.
More than 5,800 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Italy, after an alarming increase of more than 1,200 in a single 24-hour period. Two hundred and thirty-three people have died. Almost 100 countries are now responding to outbreaks.
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