Italy, the epicenter of Europe's coronavirus crisis, is preparing to take the unprecedented step of locking down an entire region that is home to more than 10 million people in a bid to control the spread of the epidemic. A draft decree seen by The Wall Street Journal says that the Italian government is imposing sweeping restrictions in the northern region of Lombardy, where Milan is the capital, and 11 neighboring provinces, including Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont, and Veneto. People in these areas should "absolutely avoid any movement into and out of the areas," the decree says, according to The Journal. Bloomberg reported that movement within the affected area will only be permitted when it comes to "non-deferrable" business or health issues. The move comes amid the announcement of 5,883 cases and 233 deaths in Italy. Nicola Zingaretti, the leader of the country's Democratic party, testing positive for COVID-19. The quarantine is slated to be approved late Saturday, Italian officials said, according to the Evening Standard. Once the policy is greenlit, the decision will take effect on Sunday and last through April 3.
疫情失控義大利擴大封城 米蘭和威尼斯都在列
中央社2020年3月7日 下午2:25
（中央社記者黃雅詩羅馬7日專電）義大利武漢肺炎7日新增近1200例，義大利政府晚間8時40分宣布緊急命令，封鎖整個倫巴底大區與其他區域的11個省，未經核准不許進出，米蘭、威尼斯等大城都在封鎖之列。 義大利7日確診病例達5883例，死亡人數233例，許多地方行政首長也感染，義大利政府晚間採取新的緊急措施，擴大封鎖的「紅色區域」。 封鎖範圍除了米蘭為首府的整個倫巴底大區（Lombardia），還包括附近幾個疫情嚴重大區內的11個省，分別為帕瑪（Parma）、比森薩（ Piacenza）、里米尼（Rimini）、摩狄納（Modena）、貝沙羅（Pesaro）、烏比諾（Urbino）、威尼斯（Venezia）、巴多瓦（Padova）、特雷維索（ Treviso） 、亞歷山德里亞（Alessandria） 、阿斯提（Asti）。 這些大區內將關閉娛樂場所、博物館、體育活動、健身房、游泳池，區域內的學校停課到4月3日。（編輯：劉學源）1090308
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Italy, the epicenter of Europe's coronavirus crisis, is preparing to take the unprecedented step of locking down an entire region that is home to more than 10 million people in a bid to control the spread of the epidemic.
A draft decree seen by The Wall Street Journal says that the Italian government is imposing sweeping restrictions in the northern region of Lombardy, where Milan is the capital, and 11 neighboring provinces, including Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont, and Veneto.
People in these areas should "absolutely avoid any movement into and out of the areas," the decree says, according to The Journal. Bloomberg reported that movement within the affected area will only be permitted when it comes to "non-deferrable" business or health issues.
The move comes amid the announcement of 5,883 cases and 233 deaths in Italy. Nicola Zingaretti, the leader of the country's Democratic party, testing positive for COVID-19.
The quarantine is slated to be approved late Saturday, Italian officials said, according to the Evening Standard. Once the policy is greenlit, the decision will take effect on Sunday and last through April 3.