A mum has urged parents to be strict with their children over social distancing claiming it was the 'only thing' that could have prevented the situation from escalating in Italy.
Katherine Wilson, an American living in Italy, has written a list of dos and don'ts advising parents of what she wishes she'd done before the country went into lockdown.
Italy is the country most afflicted by the dreaded virus in Europe with over 35,000 confirmed cases, the Daily Record reports.
Today their death toll became higher than China, where the outbreak originated. The country is now on total lockdown meaning 60 million people are confined to their homes.