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Stocks savaged, Italy on lockdown, prisons in uproar as coronavirus spreads

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