capitol milan it's the most drastic measure yet taken any european country to try to contain the virus and follows the examples that by china's initial response to the outbreak italy is the most country is the country with the most infections in europe the number of confirmed cases jumped by $1200.00 in just 24 hours bringing the total number of infections to nearly $5900.00 the death toll has now passed $230.00 in order to limit the spread of infection travel has been restricted in the lombardy region as well as 14 other provinces people are being asked to stay at home bars and restaurants are allowed to open but only from 9 am to 6 pm cinemas museums swimming pools and gyms have all been closed. deserted train stations and empty roads northern italian cities now placed under quarantine wake up to the effects of the new decree overnight a very different scene news of the imminent lockdown set off a rush to beat the clock in milan and in other areas affected by the lockdown people raise to train stations trying to get out before it's too late. but i read 2 hours ago that they may be pu

omary lisa palumbo is a journalist a milan the capitol of the lombardi legion she says it's nice being seen as a testing ground for western governments looking to impose large scale quarantines busiest absolutely unprecedented the new and difficult to adjust that but on the other hand it's absolutely necessary. so we try you know to work from home and organize work differently we try to do a lot of skype calls just to feel closer because it's i mean human interaction is fundamental and we cannot really do that you can walk about you have to keep it nice those. so yes it's we are steering you know are adjusting to eat there and it won't be easy also because it won't be quick i mean i think we need a couple weeks of these kind of lockdown which is not a quarantine like the one we had they had in hand. but still it's there are very many restriction and i think we italians also attest the 4 western countries countries all over the war because in china i don't want to retire a regime and it was easier you know to make people comply to all the restriction and for a democracy i think it's a l

milan. we know to go back to capitol hill and listen into mitch mcconnell. >> and quickly into the hands ofrican families. we also need to move swiftly and boldly in a measured way to help america's small businesses survive this disruption and thrive on the other side of it. in particular, we are preparing to ensure that main street can access liquidity and credit during this extraordinary time. so let me outline for you what we've been doing. i've divided -- created three task forces among senate republicans. each of them tasked with coming up with what could best be described as the next bill. we're trying to reach an agreement among ourselves as to what senate republicans and the administration favor doing next. with regard to the bill that came over from the house, there was some discussion about whether