A picture taken on March 15, 2020 shows the Italian flag projected on the walls of the ramparts of Jerusalem's Old City in show of support for those suffering from coronavirus in Italy.
The latest wave of restrictions is designed to get the Mediterranean country through a vital 10-day stretch in which the rate of deaths and infections is supposed to finally drop. The chief health officer of northern Italy’s devastated Lombardy region sounded uncharacteristically upbeat Sunday. These included translation services and chemical processing plants. Auto part makers were allowed to stay open, but steel mills were not.The decrees published Monday added to the air of confusion in the face of a disease Conte on Saturday called Italy’s biggest threat since World War II.
There is an exception for people who can prove they must travel “for work needs of absolute urgency or for health reasons”.