Italy enters the first day of the nationwide lockdown as the number of infected reaches 10,149.(BBC News)
Riots continue for the third day in Italian prisons after family visitations were suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. Four more inmates died in the incidents, bringing the death toll to 12. The 22 inmates that escaped inFoggia,Apulia, are still wanted.(Il Fatto Quotidiano)
Iran reports 881 new confirmed cases and 54 more COVID-19 deaths, the highest number of deaths in a single 24-hour period in the country to date, bringing the total to 8042 cases and 291 deaths.(TRT World)
Paraguay suspends all school and university activities and large-scale public events for 15 days as a measure of control due to the coronavirus pandemic.(The New York Times)
