Covid-19 Coronavirus Outbreak In Europe -- News Updates March 9, 2020

Daily Mail: Italians extend lockdown across the WHOLE country after death toll leaps by 97 in one day to 463... as travel is restricted, people are told not to go out at night and nation's premier says 'there won't be a red zone... there'll just be Italy'

* Lockdown in Italy extended nationwide as previous measures were no longer sufficient to contain outbreak
* New government decree requires all people to demonstrate a need to travel outside the areas where they live
* Photos emerged in Cremona of medics in protective suits with gloves, goggles, face masks treating patients
* Giuseppe Conte pleaded with Italians to 'protect the health of our loved ones' by obeying the new lockdown
* He told people not to 'counter these measures or dodge them' after 16million people were put in quarantine
* Police were today manning checkpoints in Lombardy after the region and 14 provinces were shut down
* Italy's death toll soared from 133 to 366 yesterday, becoming the highest in the world outside China
* The spike marks a 20 per cent rise in the coronavirus death rate within 24 hours in the European country
* Foreign Office said British tourists 'are free to return home or complete their holiday' under Italian guidelines
* Six prisoners died amid jailhouse riots across Italy in protest at a ban on family visits because of coronavirus

Travel restrictions are being imposed across Italy nationwide as the whole country goes into lockdown to try to halt the spread of the new coronavirus.

Italian premier Giuseppe Conte said on Monday night that a new government decree will require all people in Italy to demonstrate a need to work, health conditions or other limited reasons to travel outside the areas where they live.

Conte said he is extending restrictions on travel from the north to the entire country of 60 million people in a new move to try to stop the spread of the virus that has so far killed more than 460 in Italy.

The premier also took to task young people in much of Italy who have been gathering at night to drink and have a good time during the public health emergency that started on February 21.

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Covid-19 Coronavirus Outbreak In Europe -- News Updates March 9, 2020

Italy's death toll nears 400 as number of infected rises to 7,375 (the most outside China) and PM puts 16 MILLION citizens on lock down and threatens them with a fine or JAIL if they leave quarantine zones -- Daily Mail
Italy imposes nationwide restrictions to contain new virus -- AP
Europe told to act now as coronavirus locks down north Italy and markets plunge -- Reuters
Italy quarantines more than 15 million people in coronavirus lockdown -- France 24
Coronavirus: Prisoners across Italy riot over new restrictions -- BBC
Six inmates die as prison riots over coronavirus rules grip Italy -- Al Jazeera
Coronavirus: Italy faces its ‘darkest hour’ after government’s unprecedented steps to contain outbreak -- SCMP/Reuters
Italian hospitals short of beds as coronavirus death toll jumps -- The Guardian
Coronavirus COVID-19 disrupts everyday life for all Italians, not just in Lombardy -- ABC News Online
UPDATE: Germany reports first two coronavirus deaths -- AFP
France's culture minister has coronavirus -- France 24
Louvre restricts entry, French concerts cancelled over coronavirus fears -- France 24
Fear, hoarding and Gallic shrugs as French brace for coronavirus epidemic -- France 24
Number of coronavirus cases in Russia up to 20 in 24 hours, says emergency response center -- TASS
Coronavirus in the Balkans: As cases rise, preparation and panic -- Al Jazeera
Spain's coronavirus cases almost double overnight to 999 -- Straits Times/Bloomberg
Coronavirus: Irish St Patrick's Day parades cancelled -- BBC
Coronavirus: Europeans warned to expect months of disruption -- The Guardian