More than 43,000 people have been charged in Italy for breaking the restrictions announced by prime minister Giuseppe Conte.
Police in Italy have been strictly enforcing the lockdown that has been in place across the country since March 9, restricting people to their homes unless they are getting food, medicines, going to work, or performing essential services. However, one 31-year-old man, who was reportedly stopped by the carabinieri on the streets of San Fermo, in the northern Como province, believed that he had a good enough reason to be outdoors, when he explained that he was playing"Pokemon Go.
Gamers play with the Pokemon Go application on their mobile phone in this illustrative image. A man in Italy was arrested for flouting a coronavirus lockdown because he said he was playing Pokemon.The publication reported that police had no option but to charge him and he joined the more than 43,000 people across the country who have been sanctioned for breaking the lockdown restrictions. According to the Interior Ministry, between March 11 and 17, more than one million people have been checked.
In light of the grim statistics in Europe's hardest hit country, prime minister Giuseppe Conte has said that the lockdown is likely to be extended beyond April 3.on Thursday that"the blockade will go on," adding that"the measures taken, both the closure of activities and the ones concerning schools, can only be extended."
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