This was announced at a press conference by Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, TASS reports.

On March 11, WHO announced a pandemic of coronavirus infection COVID-19.

According to recent data, the total number of cases of coronavirus infection in Italy per day increased by 2 thousand, exceeding 12 thousand, the number of victims exceeded 800.

Conte said earlier that the Italian government will allocate € 25 billion to eliminate the negative economic consequences of the outbreak of coronavirus infection COVID-19 in the country.