Hello and welcome to bbc news. The coronavirus pandemic has now infected more than 300,000 around the world. In italy nearly 800 people have died within the past 2a hours from the virus by far the worst single day total worldwide since the pandemic began. And it brings the total number of deaths in italy to 4,825. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha reports from rome. No children, just empty playgrounds in romes largest park. Even tougher rules that have come into force today say people cannot go into them to try to curb the outbreak. Here, for several weeks, schools have already been closed. The only noises that you can hear are the bells, you know, the church bells, which is nice. But the other noise is the ambulances. Thats the only two noises that you hear. In lombardy, the worst affected region, teachers say some children felt lost without social contact, but virtual lessons are helping. To begin with they were scared, i think. Their reality had been taken away from them. Being able to
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