ROME (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday (April 10) refused to bow to business pressure and extended the Mediterranean country's economically-crippling lockdown until May 3.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday refused to bow to business pressure and extended the Mediterranean country's economically-crippling lockdown until May 3.
But Conte said Italy could not afford another spike in infections and needed to exercise extra caution in the face of the new disease.He said the extension of the lockdown for another three weeks was"a difficult but necessary decision for which I assume full political responsibility". The United State and countries across Europe are watching with interest to see which way Italy chooses as it seeks to come out of its worst crisis since World War II.
Conte specifically mentioned book stores and baby clothes shops on the grounds that they rarely draw crowds and can more easily impose social distancing measures. A study released by the Confcooperative small business lobby said the closures have left more half of Italy's 1.3 million construction workers and over a third of the 11.4 million services sector employees furloughed.
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