Italy's coronavirus lockdown will
be extended beyond the current term of April 3, Premier Giuseppe
Conte said Thursday.
The premier said restrictive measures were working and even
when the epidemic starts falling from its peak "we won't be able
to return to life as it was before".
In an interview with Corriere della Sera, he said government
measures, including closing shops and schools, "can only be
extended".
Conte urged all Italians to show "common sense" and stay at
home apart from getting foodstuffs or drugs, or going to work if
they have to.
He also said that the government was working on a decree to
unblock tens of billions of euros of public investments and
another intervention to safeguard strategic Italian companies.
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