Protests in Naples over possible lockdown
Naples and the surrounding region already have a curfew in place and many schools are shut but Vincenzo De Luca, head of Campania, said on Facebook: "We need to shut everything down for a month, for 40 days."
Infections are rising across the whole of Italy but the Italian prime minister has said he wants to avoid a new national lockdown.
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