Italy PM extends COVID-19 lockdown, says euro zone rescue plan inadequate
ROME: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday extended a nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus until May 3, though he said a few types of shops would be allowed to reopen next week.
Factories shuttered by the lockdown could not yet return to work, he said, dashing the hopes of industry chiefs who have warned of economic catastrophe, with workers' wages at risk and a possible permanent loss of market share.However, Conte said he would continue to assess the daily trend of COVID-19 infections and"act accordingly" if conditions allowed it, offering a glimmer of hope to Italians weary of a month confined to their homes for all but essential needs.
Conte devoted much of the news conference, broadcast live on national television, to strong criticism of a deal reached by eurozone finance ministers on Thursday over a rescue plan for the bloc's battered economies.
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