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Italy Extends Its Quarantine to the Entire Country, Prime Minister Says
The Epoch Times ^ | 03/09/20

Posted on 03/09/2020 5:40:24 PM PDT by Liberty7732

Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that starting Tuesday, the entire country will be placed under lockdown to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus—an expansion of a lockdown that was previously limited to the virus-hit north.

The restrictions will include banning all public gatherings while preventing movement other than for work and emergencies, he said.

Such a drastic measure is necessary to protect Italy’s most vulnerable citizens, including elderly people and individuals with underlying health problems, said Conte, adding that the right course of action is to remain at home, according to ANSA.

There has been a significant increase in deaths and patients in intensive care, and as a result, Italians’ “habits must be changed now,” Conte said. “We must all give up something for the good of Italy” and “we must do it immediately and we will only succeed if we will all work together and adapt to these stricter standards,” he said, adding: “Stay at home.”


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KEYWORDS: coronavirud; coronavirus; deathwatch; italy; wuhanplague
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1 posted on 03/09/2020 5:40:24 PM PDT by Liberty7732
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To: Liberty7732

868th posting


2 posted on 03/09/2020 5:43:19 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Liberty7732

A friend from Italy just told me they are having prison riots and escapes in Italy. She said it was like a horror movie.


3 posted on 03/09/2020 5:46:03 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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Kurt Russell starring in “Escape From Italy”.


4 posted on 03/09/2020 5:49:46 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Hi! I'm Joe Biden and I forgot this message.)
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To: Liberty7732

Don’t you wish they treated liberalism the same as the coronavirus?


5 posted on 03/09/2020 5:53:10 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Just wondering what they plan on doing about all the ragheads trying to sneak into their country?


6 posted on 03/09/2020 5:55:37 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Liberty7732

So is the country shut down? No tourists? Flights in or out?

Otherwise this is useless. This won’t stop the spread or anything else.


7 posted on 03/09/2020 6:11:58 PM PDT by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: jmaroneps37

“A friend from Italy just told me they are having prison riots and escapes in Italy. She said it was like a horror movie.”

Here’s a twitter thread that doesn’t paint a much better situation in the medical battle in Italy:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1237142891077697538.html


8 posted on 03/09/2020 6:12:55 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: Liberty7732

Scary how easy it is for a government to take all your rights.


9 posted on 03/09/2020 6:19:08 PM PDT by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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To: LouieFisk

The average age of death is age 80

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Can we stop with the drama queen made up BS?


10 posted on 03/09/2020 6:19:32 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: MNJohnnie

Sorry, have no idea what you’re upset about there.


11 posted on 03/09/2020 6:21:10 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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“The average age of death is age 80”

Problem is the average age of criminal is 29.
I see a problem.


12 posted on 03/09/2020 6:29:13 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: jmaroneps37; null and void; aragorn; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; Beautiful_Gracious_Skies; bgill; ...

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PING

See article:

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/markets-implode-coronavirus-cases-europe-us-explode-outbreak-slows-south-korea-live

Also:

Italian prison riots widespread

Italy reports 1,797 new cases, bringing total to 9,172 as deaths increase by 27% overnight, to 463

Confirmed cases near or pass 1,000 in France, Germany and Spain

Dutch infections climb to 321

And check out # 3 on this thread.

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13 posted on 03/09/2020 7:24:31 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: steve86
868th posting

I'll just put this here for your enjoyment and ridicule. This is the US as of now...

USCorona

14 posted on 03/09/2020 8:35:00 PM PDT by politicket (Don't remove a Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. It's the only thing holding the car together!)
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1/ I may be repeating myself, but I want to fight this sense of security that I see outside of the epicenters, as if nothing was going to happen "here". The media in Europe are reassuring, politicians are reassuring, while there's little to be reassured of. #COVID19 #coronavirus— Silvia Stringhini (@silviast9) March 9, 2020


15 posted on 03/09/2020 9:01:37 PM PDT by Darnright (We live in interesting times.)
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16 posted on 03/09/2020 9:23:40 PM PDT by bitt ("Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin)
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To: TigerClaws

Ping!


17 posted on 03/09/2020 9:26:04 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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To: BipolarBob

Did Tom Cruise ever escape? He/film crew were holed up in some Italian hotel, cutting filming of MI 10K (or whatever number it’s up to).


18 posted on 03/09/2020 9:29:08 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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With good reason he said, "Italians habits must be changed now."...This was Milan Italy just a week ago. They didn't apparently heed the warnings...


19 posted on 03/09/2020 9:32:17 PM PDT by caww
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The average age of death is age 80

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1st death in Santa Clara County, CA: a woman in her 60s in Mountain View

That’ll bring down the US average age.


20 posted on 03/09/2020 9:33:08 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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