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It is forbidden to go out in Italy, even to look for cigarettes (or a prostitute)


A pack of cigarettes (illustration). – JOËL SAGET / AFP

In Italy, there is now a very good reason for going out on the street. And going to buy cigarettes or seek the services of a prostitute is not one of them,
in the midst of a coronavirus epidemic.

In Turin, a 33-year-old man was caught by police walking around. “Very embarrassed”, the man finally admitted that he was “looking for a prostitute “, Reports the agency AGI.

Only business or health travel allowed

Another man, a 40-year-old unemployed man, was intercepted at 4:00 a.m. Wednesday morning in his car. He assured the police that he had gone out to buy cigarettes. But being outside his commune of residence, the excuse did not work, specifies the Italian agency.

The Italian government has formally prohibited all journeys that are not strictly related to work or health reasons. A drastic measure taken to try to stem the epidemic of coronavirus. The first sanctions fell on Tuesday:
48 people fined in Sicily for participating in a funeral procession to the cemetery.

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