FILE PHOTO: Tourists wearing protective masks are pictured at St. Mark's Square following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Venice, Italy, May 24, 2020. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri/File Photo
ROME (Reuters) - Italians were strongly supportive of their government-imposed lockdown to curb one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks, according to a survey published on Monday by national statistics bureau ISTAT.
The poll, conducted from April 5-21 at the height of Italy's epidemic, showed some 91% of respondents said the restrictions on movement and work were very useful or quite useful, against just 9% who deemed them not very or not at all useful.
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