The Italian government is planning to quarantine the entire Lombardy region around Milan to limit the spread of the coronavirus as well as areas around and including Venice and the northern cities of Parma and Rimin. A draft of the government resolution obtained by Italy’s Corriere Della Sera newspaper and other media said movement into and out of the regions would be severely restricted until April 3. The entire Lombardy region is home to 10 million. The government decree also covers parts of the Veneto region around Venice as well as Emilia- Romagna’s Parma and Rimini. Those three cities have a combine population of around 540,000 people. More than 463 people have died in Italy with over 9,172 cases diagnosed.
