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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by srg0 on Monday March 09, 2020 @07:44PM (#22531196)
The new decree is probably a response to many potentially contagious people fleeing to the south. As I see it, if the draft version of the previous decree were not leaked, the final version would not cause so many people to run away.

Frankly, I expected that these measures will be extended to the entire country not later than by the end of the week. We're still in the exponential growth phase.

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by giovan-ni on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:11PM (#22532131)
You are right about the leakage. The final decree places no restrictions on traveling back to residence, and even admits self-certification of other reasons for traveling.

I am not sure you are right in assuming the leakage was unintended, though. If they wanted people to run, the effective way was to force a choice under the imminent and vague threat of being trapped in the ‘red zone’.

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