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The Italian Government has given orders this Wednesday to close all the country's colleges, institutes and universities until March 15 in the framework of its efforts to contain the coronavirus in the country.

This would be one of the recommendations that have been sent to the Government by the scientific committee that advises it, which would have also advised other containment measures such as reducing social life to the maximum, avoiding hugs, shaking hands or that people over 70 years of age do not leave home

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has met this morning with the ministers of his Government and this afternoon he will meet with the regional presidents. You may make the measure official right after.

The Government is also studying to strengthen the health system to increase the beds and deal with the health emergency. Lombardy has requested the collaboration of private health structures and has appealed to the Government to allow hired retired doctors.

A quarantined minister

According to the latest official balance sheet, so far in Italy, 2,502 cases of coronavirus and 79 deaths have been reported . Some of the cases that have occurred in other countries have been exported from here, in general by people who visited the north, the main focus of the outbreak.

On the other hand, the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli , has decided to put himself in isolation despite the fact that for now the analyzes have proved negative, since last February 25 he met with Lombardy advisor Alessandro Mattinzoli , who has given positive to Covid-19 , reports the agency AdnKronos.

In addition, the trip to Mozambique planned by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella , between March 10 and 12 has been postponed, according to La Repubblica .

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