Piedmont is ready to close for the
coronavirus emergency, the region's Governor Alberto Cirio told
radio 24 on Wednesday.
If the central government "will decide that Lombardy will
take this step, I think Piedmont will need to be included in
some way" referring Lombardy's request for tougher measures to
combat the virus in Italy's worst-hit region.
If the words of Lombardy Governor Attilio Fontana "go in the
direction of closing everything, I think that great attention
should be placed on this thought", Cirio said.
The Piedmont governor says he has asked the regional
scientific committee and crisis unit to forward its opinion on
the proposal to the government on Wednesday.
Fontana on Tuesday urged stricter coronavirus measures than
the all-Italy lockdown the government has enacted.
Fontana said "all 12 mayors in Lombardy's most affected
areas have asked me to ask the government to step up the
measures".
He said non-essential shops and commercial activities should
be shut, local public transport should be stopped, as well as
"those business activities that can be closed".
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