Economics
Italy Struck by Deadliest Day as Virus Prompts Industry Shutdown
- ‘Stay home,’ Conte says as coronavirus deaths approach 5,000
- Fiscal taboos fall as governments pledge desperate measures
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Italy suffered its worst day of coronavirus deaths and shut down almost all industrial production for 15 days, with the pandemic dealing blow after blow across an entire European continent in lockdown.