Sporting events suspended in Italy as PM Conte takes measures to combat Coronavirus

Sporting events across Italy have been immediately suspended after Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte anunced that games and travel will be banned nationwide. “re’s reason for games to continue,” Conte said. “ fans will have to deal with it. We won’t even allow gyms to be used.”

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Country under lockdown

Two days after imposing same strict measures on a quarter of country, in hard-hit rth, Conte urged all 60 million Italians to stay home. only travel allowed will be for proven work reasons, for health conditions or or cases of necessity.

“Our habits must be changed, changed w. We all have to give up something for good of Italy. When I speak of Italy, I speak of our dear ones, of our grandparents and of our parents,” Conte said. “We will succeed only if we all collaborate and we apt right away to se more stringent rms.”

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Official figures show number of confirmed infections increase to 9,172 from 7,375. Cases have been recorded from across Italy. country h previously locked down several provinces in rth, including financial hub Milan and tourist hotspot Venice, affecting close to 16 million people. Conte's recent unprecedented move will affect more than 60 million people.

Top-flight football matches across Europe were being played behind closed doors, and international rugby matches have also fallen prey to virus with several postponements.

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Earlier on Monday, Italy's National Olympic Committee (CONI), which has authority over all national sports federations, h recommended "sporting activities at all levels" be suspended until April 3 to help contain virus outbreak and called for a government decree to enforce request. decree, which goes beyond sport and provides for draconian new measures to combat coronavirus, will come into force on Tuesday throughout Italy, second most-affected country after China. Since Sunday, re h been growing calls to stop sports competitions and in particular Serie A, with lower football leagues alrey paused.

Globally, more than 4,000 people have died due to Coronavirus, with epicentre being in China. virus has infected more than 1,14,000 people globally and has w spre to rth America, South America, Europe, New Zealand, and to more than 80 or countries. 

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