“The fine now can happen if you're going anywhere without any reason, so at the moment it’s like a curfew.' Italians are adjusting to the new reality that has been imposed by the nationwide lockdown aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus.
“More than two weeks, they can’t handle,” he said, adding that those who did not work for the government or big corporations were particularly concerned about what would happen to their jobs and pay.
The coronavirus has already affected the Italian economy, which saw stocks slide almost 17 percent on Thursday the biggest one-day loss in value on record. The Italian government was due to approve Friday a plan of how it will spend the first package of around $13.5 billion out of $28 billion set aside to tackle the economic impact of the virus on Wednesday.
On Thursday, Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella called for “solidarity” during the crisis and “not moves that may hinder its action” after the European Central Bank disappointed markets with its measures to contain the fallout from the outbreak.“Italy is going through a difficult situation, our experience with the outbreak of the coronavirus will probably be useful for all European countries,” he said.
Meanwhile, some Italian factory workers went on strike Thursday demanding that their factories be closed until March 22 because of the virus. Three unions representing metalworkers issued a joint statement saying factories should be cleaned and reorganized to make sure they are safe, adding that workers were “quite rightly scared,”
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