VIDEO. Coronavirus in Italy: "Here, the inhabitants rush into the still open supermarkets"

"The town of Codogno is deserted, the inhabitants can no longer enter and leave the town" Aymeric Renou, special envoy of the "Parisian" in Codogno, (Italy), tells in this video report how this small town in the north of the peninsula, epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in Europe, is gradually being cut off from the country.

The Italian Prime Minister asked residents to stay at home. Schools, businesses and stores are closed. With the exception of pharmacies and some supermarkets, where customers are allowed to enter in small groups.

Italy has announced the isolation of ten cities for two weeks after the discovery of more than 150 cases of coronavirus. The authorities have decided to cancel the Venice Carnival preventively.