ROME: Italian footballers and athletes will not be allowed to train together as Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Wednesday the extension of the country's
lockdown
until April 13.
All sport in
Italy
had been suspended from early March until April 3 as a result of the
coronavirus pandemic.
Conte said in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday that the lockdown would be extended and would now also include training sessions.
"Events and sporting competitions of all kinds and disciplines are suspended, in public or private places," Conte said.
"Training sessions for professional and non-professional athletes are also suspended within all types of
sports
facilities."
Athletes can continue to train individually.
"We are starting to see positive results. If we start loosening our measures now, all our efforts will have been in vain," the Prime Minister added.
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