I got a message from my wife's 1st cousin that lives in the Bari region of Southern Italy.
He said the virus was spreading to Southern Italy.
He states they were "closed in the house."
I have known him since 1970 when we met him in Italy, and later when he came to the US to visit.
(my contribution to anecdotal info. His family included a veteranarian, a lawyer, a doctor, an emt-firefighter, a model, school-teachers, a legal immigrant to the US-my deceased MIL)