The last one Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers announced on March 11 is certainly the toughest and most restrictive of recent times, but it is necessary to better cope with the spread ofCovid-19 epidemic, popularly known as coronavirus, which in recent weeks is causing concern in Italy. The DPCM has forbidden the operation of commercial activities, with the exception of those that deal with basic necessities.
These include not only medical or food activities, but also activities involving the retail sale of computers, telephones, various types of consumer electronics and household appliances, both specialized and non-specialized. This does not take away from companies like MediaWorld to continue to carry out its business, however the consumer electronics chain has stated in the past few hours that the closure of physical stores in Italy continues in respect of workers, customers and collaborators.
The MediaWorld online store remains open and fully operational, within which it is still possible to make purchases. The company had published the following message in the past few hours to announce the closing of March 12th:
"Today we could have opened our stores, but we chose to remain closed. We took a day to evaluate the suitable measures to implement the latest DPCM in order to guarantee the full safety of our Customers and Collaborators: to act and do not react. We will promptly communicate the measures that MediaWorld will adopt in detail. The online shop mediaworld.it remains open ".
After the first evaluation day, the company has confirmed the closure and will rely only on the online sales channel until a date to be assigned. The CEO of MediaWorld also addressed the speech, Guido Monferrini, in an official press release reported on Twitter, LinkedIn and other media. In his message Monferrini reiterates the need to "minimize the risk of contagion in respect of Collaborators and Customers", also launching a cry of hope: "Let us remember that after the storm the rainbow always comes out".
L'MediaWorld announcement comes along with that of Apple is Xiaomi which, although they can remain open following the directives of the latest Prime Ministerial Decree, have declared the closure of their physical stores. The latest reports on coronavirus in Italy speak of 15,113 cases, including 12,839 currently underway and 1,258 healed. During the day of March 12th i 1,000 deaths in Italy directly or indirectly related to the Covid-19 virus.