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Italy orders lockdown of rich north to try to halt coronavirus

Italy imposed a virtual lockdown across a swathe of its wealthy north on March 8, including the financial capital Milan, in a drastic new attempt to try to contain a rapidly growing outbreak of coronavirus.

The unprecedented restrictions, which will impact some 16 million people and stay in force until April 3, were signed into law overnight by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.