By Giada Zampano
ROME (AA) - The Italian army will start patrolling Italian streets amid the coronavirus emergency, as local authorities scramble to monitor the almost-total lockdown imposed nationally to mitigate the spread of the virus.
On Friday, Lombardy Governor Attilio Fontana obtained the help of military forces on the streets of Milan, Italy’s financial hub, and one of the cities worst-hit by the epidemic.
Other regions, including the southern Campania, Puglia and Sicily, had already obtained the go-ahead for the use of military forces in addition to the police.
Up to 20,000 soldiers are ready to “do their part”,