Italy Quarantines 16 Million People Over Coronavirus Outbreak

Italy Reportedly Quarantines 16 Million People Due To Coronavirus Outbreak

The epidemic outbreak of coronavirus has reportedly made Italy to quarantine approximately 16 million people. The update follows reports that Donald Trump has been exposed to the virus.

Last month, government officials of the highly-populated area of Italy’s Lombardy region were forced to quarantine approximately 50,000 people after confirmed cases of the virus sky-rocketed from five to more than a hundred in less than three days.

The Italian coronavirus outbreak allegedly began in the city of Codogno after a 38-year old man, known as ‘patient zero’ had been diagnosed with the disease.

Presently, Italy has become Europe’s most contaminated country on the continent with government officials taking extraordinary precautions to stop the spread of the disease.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has taken command closing schools, gyms, museums, nightclubs, sporting events, and other establishments across the country.

Highly-populated cities including Milan and Venice are currently under quarantine orders affecting approximately 16 million Italian citizens.

“There will be no movement in or out of these areas, or within them, unless for proven work-related reasons, emergencies or health reasons,” Conte told the public.

“We are facing an emergency, a national emergency. We have to limit the spread of the virus and prevent our hospitals from being overwhelmed.”