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by sveme 2313 days ago
The Milan fashion show was basically cancelled and whole cities in Italy have been cordoned off under the threat of military action if the quarantine isn't followed.

>Will the governments ban conventions? Close restaurants and bars? Shut down shopping malls?

So Yes.

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I've had a dig around the BBC News website and despite Italy being the lead story, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51638095, quarantine and control of population movement doesn't get any 'column inches' - all they do say is borders aren't closing.

I'd guess the UK government have told them not to report quarantine in order to keep the UK population calmer.