Saturday, March 07, 2020

That's Kinda Serious

I have no idea what is right or wrong, but imagine the various dimensions of the US federal government closing the borders to a city or state.
The Italian government is to lockdown the northern region of Lombardy, as it battles to contain the spread of the coronavirus. A draft decree would extend the quarantined areas, so-called “red-zones”, ordering people not to enter or leave the region.

The country is grappling to contain Europe’s worst outbreak of Covid-19, which has claimed 233 lives and infected a total of 5,883 people.