Italy locks down 16 million people
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All of Lombardy, including the financial capital Milan, and 14 other provinces, covering a quarter of Italy’s population, have been shut down in a drastic attempt to contain the spread of coronavirus
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LOMBARDY
Verbano- Cusio- Ossola
Novara
Milan
Brescia 
VENETO 
Padua
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
Monza Brianza Como
Quarantine
Treviso
Varese
Vercelli
Pavia
Asti
Mantua
Lecco Sondrio
Bergamo
Cremona Lodi
Mantua
PIEDMONT
Venice
50km 30 miles
Rimini
Pesaro Urbino
MARCHE
Piacenza
Modena
Parma Alessandria
Reggio Emilia

ITALY 7,300+ cases 
360+ deaths

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QUARANTINE MEASURES – in place until April 3

Entry and exit from quarantined areas prohibited, except for proven work-related matters, emergencies or health reasons

Restaurants and bars allowed to open from 6:00am to 6:00pm but customers must remain at least one metre apart

Museums, theatres, cinemas, gyms, cultural centres, ski resorts
and swimming pools closed

Church services, including funerals and weddings, suspended. Pope Francis will deliver prayers via live-streaming
from inside Vatican
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Source: Italian government
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