Ten Italian cities are locked due to the coronavirus emergency. BBC informs.
The country Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced the emergency plan. Schools, kindergartens, trading centers, and other mass public places in ten cities are closed.
Around 50,000 people from towns in two northern regions have been asked to stay at home by authorities.
The measures were imposed after two Italian citizens were confirmed to have died from the virus. At present, the number of infected people in Italy has reached sixty-two.