———Italians are being left even more isolated Sunday amid a national lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. Italy’s transport minister signed a decree Saturday banning passengers from taking ferries to Sardinia, a large Mediterranean island. Sardinia’s governor had asked for the ban to stop travelers from bringing possible infection from the mainland peninsula. The minister also banned overnight train trips, which many in the north had been taking to reach homes and families in the south. ———Spain awoke to its first day of a nationwide quarantine on Sunday after the government declared a two-week state of emergency.

Source: Daily Sun March 15, 2020 20:48 UTC