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Italy: A glance at country's unprecedented coronavirus lockdown

Closed bars and restaurants are pictured. 
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Closed bars and restaurants are pictured. 

Closed bars and restaurants are pictured. 

Taking necessary precautions
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Taking necessary precautions

Waiters taking extra precautions while receiving payment before closing in Rome.

Maria Teresa Baldini
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Maria Teresa Baldini

Deputy Maria Teresa Baldini of Fratelli d'Italia party wearing a protective mask and gloves inside the low house parliament building in Rome.

Pope's virtual general audience
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Pope's virtual general audience

Pope Francis holds his first ever virtual general audience at the Vatican, March 11

Rome's Spanish Steps
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Rome's Spanish Steps

General view of the Rome's Spanish Steps, virtually deserted after a decree orders for the whole of Italy to be on lockdown, in Rome, Italy,

Giuseppe Conte's conference
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Giuseppe Conte's conference

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks in a news conference room of Palazzo Chigi, where chairs are moved one meter apart in order to adhere to restrictions due to coronavirus spread, in Rome, Italy, March 11.

New rules at the store
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New rules at the store

A woman waits to be served behind yellow lines marking the distance customers have to keep between them, inside a grocery store in Rome's Trastevere area.

No tourists in the beautiful Venice
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No tourists in the beautiful Venice

A gondolier waits for tourists in a virtually deserted city after a decree orders for the whole of Italy to be on lockdown, in Venice, Italy.