Italy's government will "inevitably" extend beyond 3 April the containment measures it had approved to stem the coronavirus outbreak in the country,the regional affairs minister said on Sunday.
Italy has suffered the most deaths from the virus epidemic and was the first Western country to introduce severe restrictions on movement after uncovering the outbreak just over five weeks ago.
The government has since increasingly tightened them and these were initially expected to be softened from next Friday. "The measures that were due on April 3 will inevitably be extended," Francesco Boccia said in an interview with SkyTG24.