Hello, and welcome to bbc world news. The Italian Government says it will adopt emergency measures to contain the spread of coronavirus. It comes after over 1,200 new cases were reported in italy in the last 2a hours, the biggest daily rise in cases since the outbreak started. Officials say 36 more people have died in the last 2a hours. The authorites are preparing a major escalation of controls, blocking all but emergency travel to and from the entire region of lombardy, including the city of milan. The decree being prepared this evening would also extend to 11 northern and eastern provinces as well as the cities of parma and venice. The measures will see schools closed for several weeks along with all museums, swimming pools and ski resorts. Earlier i spoke to cristina nadotti, an editor at la repubblica in rome, about the rise in new cases. We expected that. La repubblica came out this morning and we had already written that the experts expected this rise in the figures. We are awar
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