Empty shops, deserted streets as Italy imposes coronavirus lockdown
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Closed shops, plunging stock markets and prison riots marked the first day after Italy locked down much of its northern region in a bid to fight the coronavirus outbreak with some of the most draconian control measures since World War Two.