Four Italian regions, including Milan, put under lockdown

ROME (AP) — Four Italian regions are being put under “red-zone” lockdown, with severe limits imposed on the circumstances under which people can leave home. Premier Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday night announced the “very stringent” restrictions on Lombardy, Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta in the north, and Calabria, which forms the southern “toe” of the Italian peninsula. The lockdown is aimed at tamping down a surge in COVID-19 infections and preventing