Curfew ordered in Milan amid record Covid cases across Europe
By Abiodun Ogundairo
30 October 2020 |
3:00 pm
Curfew is ordered in the Northern Italian region of Lombardy. From 11pm to 5am no one can move around in Milan and other cities without a justified reason. The measure is adopted to fight Covid-19.
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