Most of Italy to shut down to tackle rising Covid-19 cases - a podcast by BBC World Service
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The entire country will be put on lockdown for three days over the Easter weekend. We hear what this will mean for businesses, and speak to Aurelio Gandola, who runs a bar and restaurant on Lake Como. We also get an update from Brazil, where new Covid-19 infections are at their highest rate. We speak to epidemiologist Dr Pedro Hallal.
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