Can we quarantine the economy?

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🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Today on Post Reports, Chico Harlan with a dispatch from Italy after a country-wide lockdown goes into effect. Heather Long answers your questions about the coronavirus outbreak’s impact on the markets. And, Ben Guarino on the audacious efforts to reforest the planet to fight climate change.

Italy is under lockdown in an attempt to contain the coronavirus. It is the most aggressive step taken in the West to curb the outbreak.

All eyes are on the stock market Wednesday after a stunning drop on Tuesday over coronavirus concerns. Read the Post’s ongoing coronavirus coverage here.

The world’s climate is changing. Read about the audacious efforts to stop that with this timeless practice.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:04.3	Hi, this is Ben Terris coming from the Washington Post.
0:07.8	Hi, Jeff, with Winfrey Oprah.
0:10.0	Hi there, how are you?
0:11.6	It's Lisa bonus, calling for the post.
0:13.3	This is Post Reports.
0:15.0	I'm routine powers.
0:19.2	It's Tuesday, March 10.
0:23.2	Today, the lockdown in Italy, the economic fallout of coronavirus, and fighting climate
0:29.9	change with treats.
0:31.9	I'm not easy.
0:39.1	I'm completely aware of the responsibility and also of the gravity in the adopted.
0:45.6	On Monday, Italian President Giuseppe Conte made a historic move.
0:51.5	Faced with hundreds of coronavirus deaths and more than 10,000 cases in Italy, Conte decided
0:57.8	to put the entire country on lockdown.
1:01.3	That means no school.
1:02.7	Bars and restaurants have to close at 6 p.m. every day.
1:05.9	Public gatherings are banned, and anyone traveling in Italy has to carry a document declaring
1:11.1	an urgent reason for travel.
1:15.7	Hey there.
1:16.7	Hey, how's it going?
1:17.7	Good, good.
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