Long queues formed outside supermarkets across Italy on Monday evening as the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte put the entire country on lockdown to combat the coronavirus.
Residents in central-north Rome rushed to stockpile food and goods ahead of the quarantine which will affect the 60 million people living in Italy.
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With confirmed cases climbing by 2,000 a day, travel has been restricted across the nation. Public gatherings including weddings, funerals and sports matches have been banned, and while bars and restaurants can open during daylight hours, customers must sit at least a metre apart. Cinemas, theatres, libraries, museums, schools and universities are closed across the country.
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