Coronavirus Claims 700 Lives In Italy In One Day
April 2, 2020
7:09 am
Italy’s record death toll from the novel coronavirus grew by more than 700 on Wednesday, as a top official said that social restrictions were getting harder to bear for the population.
The nationwide lockdown had been due to expire on April 3, but Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced it would now be extended to April 13 – Easter Monday.
“We are not in a condition to ease the restrictive measures we have put in place,” he told a late evening press conference.
“If we were to stop respecting the (social distancing) rules, if we were to relax them, all the …
