St Peter’s Square and St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City have been closed off to tourists after Italy’s prime minister Giuseppe Conte placed a lockdown across the entire country over coronavirus. More than 60 million people have been affected by the lockdown since the government extended restrictions on movement from the hard-hit north to the rest of Italy.
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Source: St Peter’s Square before and after Italy’s coronavirus lockdown – video
Category: Coronavirus outbreak, Italy, Giuseppe Conte, Europe
