Rome (CNN) Soldiers were being drafted in to help enforce the lockdown in Italy on Friday as officials announced 627 new deaths, the largest single-day toll anywhere in the world since the coronavirus outbreak began. And Chinese medical experts helping Italy deal with the crisis have said the restrictions imposed in Lombardy are "not strict enough." The government has now agreed that the military can be used to help enforce the lockdown, the president of the Lombardy region, Attilio Fontana, told a news conference on Friday. "Unfortunately we can't contain the situation in Lombardy, there's a high level of contagion and we're not even counting the dead any more. "Look at the news that's coming out of Italy and take note of what the situation really is like.

Source: CNN March 20, 2020 16:18 UTC