Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday extended a nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus until May 3, though he said a few types of shops would be allowed to re-open next week, Reuters reported.

“This is a difficult but necessary decision for which I take all political responsibility,” Conte told a news conference.

Among a few exceptions to the lockdown extension, Conte said bookshops, stationers and shops selling children’s clothes could reopen from Tuesday.