As news of the looming coronavirus lockdown leaked to Italian media, people crowded onto trains and buses to leave the extended quarantine area.
As the Italian government Sunday extended a coronavirus quarantine to cover a quarter of its population, many fled south on the last departing trains and buses, drawing the wrath of local officials there, who urged them to turn back.
As news of the looming lockdown leaked to Italian media Saturday afternoon, ahead of its formal announcement in the early hours Sunday, many crowded onto trains and buses to leave the extended quarantine area, including southern Italians who work in the industrial heartlands of northern Italy and sought to return home.
Emiliano added, “Don’t bring back to your Puglia the Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna epidemic by fleeing before the government decree takes effect. You are injecting into the lungs of your brothers and sisters, your grandparents, uncles, cousins and parents the virus which has threatened the North’s healthcare system.
The government acted, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said, in a critical attempt to halt the spread from Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna, provinces where 82% of the nation’s victims reside. People leaving the zone by road, rail or train will be asked at police checkpoints to sign a form declaring their travel is essential.
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