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Italy Shuts Down Almost All Industrial Production for 15 Days

Italy Shuts Down Almost All Industrial Production for 15 Days

(Bloomberg) -- Italy will move to close all non-essential business activities in a bid to arrest the spread of the coronavirus and allow the economy to restart as soon as possible.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said in a news conference late on Saturday that supermarkets and pharmacies would remain open along with banks and post offices.

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