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Added on the 12/03/2020 18:15:49 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Rome, Mar 16 (EFE) .- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) One year after the first total lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, most of Italy has been confined again since Monday with the ban on leaving home if it is not for work or reasons of need, and with 80 percent of the students following the classes online. FOOTAGE OF THE EMPTY STREETS OF ROME.
Rome residents sing classic Italian song 'Bella Ciao' from their windows and balconies as the city remains under lockdown to contain a coronavirus outbreak which has killed over 7,000 worldwide. IMAGES
A few masked tourists brave Rome's transport system after the country began to shut all stores except for pharmacies and food shops in a desperate bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus that has killed 827 in the country in just over two weeks. IMAGES of transport in Rome
The usually very touristic Trevi fountain in Rome has emptied as the country is under drastic measures to try and stop the spread of the virus. The authorities have just reopened the access of the fountain as there are very few people but might need to close it again in case of new crowds. IMAGES
Italians eat at restaurants and walk the streets of Trastevere in Rome on the eve of a partial lockdown. Schools, restaurants, shops and museums will close across most of the country, a year after it became the first European country to face a major outbreak. IMAGES