The Interior Ministry on Sunday revealed that police on Saturday checked almost 210,000 people across Italy and reported over 11,000 of them for violating the Stay Home Decree.

In related news, officials in Calabria took action to isolate the southern region. The neighboring Basilicata region followed suit, with Governor Vito Bardi issuing a similar decree in a bid "to reduce COVID-19 infection."

Also on Sunday, the Ministry of Health published a special message of thanks to the more than 100,000 Civil Protection Department and Red Cross volunteers.

On the European relations front, President Sergio Mattarella wrote to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to thank him for "the dispatch from Germany to Italy of medical supplies" and calling it "a sign of the deep friendship that links our two countries."

Italy declared a six-month state of emergency due to the coronavirus on Jan. 31, following it up with a nationwide lockdown that went into effect on March 10 through April 3.

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