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Posted: 2020-03-11T21:01:43Z | Updated: 2020-03-11T21:46:33Z

ROME (AP) Italys premier says all stores except pharmacies and grocery stores are being closed nationwide in response to the countrys coronavirus outbreak.

Premier Giuseppe Conte thanked the public for cooperating with the already unprecedented travel and social restrictions that took effect Tuesday.

But he said Wednesday night on Facebook Live that Italy must go another step by closing all shops and businesses except for food stores, pharmacies and other shops selling essential items.

The tighter restrictions on daily life are the governments latest effort to respond to the fast-moving crisis that took Italys number of cases from three to 12,462 in less than three weeks.