No more 24-hour food shopping in Rome.

The move is part of measures to reduce the number of people going outside during the nationwide quarantine, due to the Coronavirus, as well as taking into account the working conditions of the roughly 300,000 people employed in the supermarket sector in the Lazio region.

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The measure, which extends to shops that are normally open 24-hours a day, also prohibits people travelling far distances from their home to go shopping.

Supermarket managers are obliged to control the flow of customers, guaranteeing adequate interpersonal space and ensuring that workplaces are sanitised.

The move comes as Eurospin outlets in the capital have started taking the temperature of their customers, according to a report in Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

Photo Corriere della Sera