Italy is effectively on lockdown in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The government has extended to the whole of the country the restrictions it had introduced previously in Milan, Venice and surrounding areas. The measures include curtailing freedom of movement, canceling all public events, shutting down museums and most public places and closing all schools and universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That means a nation of 60 million is sequestered indoors, and tourism, while not banned outright, will become extremely difficult. Flights into and out of the country are still operating and hotels are functioning, but pretty much all tourist sights are closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said at a press conference on Monday that all non-essential travel \u2014 i.e. not for work or emergency reasons \u2014 is forbidden throughout the country as of Tuesday morning, although it isn\u2019t yet clear how this will be enforced. Conte was quoted by Rome-based newspaper La Repubblica as saying that \u201climiting public transport is not being considered\u201d so that \u201cpeople can go to work,\u201d yet also said that people should stay home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bars and restaurants will not be closed, but are allowed to open only between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flight-tracking site FlightRadar24 showed several flights operating in and out of Milan and Rome airports on Monday at 5 p.m. Eastern Time, but it\u2019s unclear how this will change. The largest airline in Italy by passengers carried, Ryanair, canceled many of its flights in the north of the country; flag carrier Alitalia has suspended all flights from Milan\u2019s Malpensa airport <\/a>(MXP) airport and all international flights from the city\u2019s other airport, Linate airport<\/a> (LIN). International flights from Rome airport<\/a> are still running, although with reduced schedules. The Italian civil aviation authority said, as quoted by Rome-based newspaper La Repubblica, that \u201call airports, including those within restricted areas, are open and operational.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Italy is effectively on lockdown in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The government has extended to the whole of the country the restrictions it had introduced previously in Milan, Venice and surrounding areas. The measures include curtailing freedom of movement, canceling all public events, shutting down museums and most public places and closing all schools … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greece-athens.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greece-athens.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greece-athens.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greece-athens.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greece-athens.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.greece-athens.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21,"href":"http:\/\/www.greece-athens.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greece-athens.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}