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Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 10, 2020
Stocks savaged, Italy on lockdown, prisons in uproar as coronavirus spreads
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ROME: All of Italy under lockdown, reeling financial markets and rioting prisoners made clear on Monday (Mar 9) how the global coronavirus epidemic was extending its reach into all aspects of social and economic life. Major European stock markets dived more than 7 per cent, Japanese indexes fell over 5 per cent and US markets sank over 7
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 9, 2020
One dead as Italian prisons revolt over COVID-19 outbreak measures
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ROME: Inmates in four Italian prisons have revolted over new rules introduced to contain the coronavirus outbreak, leaving one prisoner dead and others injured, a prison rights group said Sunday (Mar 8). Prisoners at jails in Naples Poggioreale in the south, Modena in the north, Frosinone in central Italy and at Alexandria in the northwest had
