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Rome
Italy has tightened restrictions in several regions due to rising coronavirus numbers.
Many schools will be closed again as of Monday, and restaurants in affected areas are no longer allowed to open for guests. The southern Italian holiday region of Campania, which includes Naples and the Amalfi Coast, is now the third region in the country of 60 million inhabitants to become a red zone with the strictest measures, as determined by the Ministry of Health in Rome on Friday.
So far, Basilicata in the south and the small Adriatic region of Molise are already red zones: In these areas, all schools must be closed, and people should leave their homes as rarely as possible.
Since autumn 2020, Italy’s government has been dividing regions into several colour-coded risk zones in its fight against the pandemic.
On Monday, further areas were also upgraded to orange zones in this system due to rising infection levels.
Among them is Veneto in the north. The neighbouring Lombardy, where about 10 million people live, already belongs to the medium risk zone. The same applies to Tuscany and Umbria.
The Coldiretti agricultural association calculated that two out of three restaurants have been closed to guests since Monday. However, takeaway sales are possible.
In addition, a night-time curfew from 10 pm continues to apply throughout Italy and regional borders may only be crossed in exceptional cases.
Because of the upward coronavirus infection curve, experts had demanded a further tightening of protective measures from the government at the weekend.
On Sunday, the health authorities in the country counted more than 20,000 new infections within 24 hours.
This brings the number of people infected with the virus in Italy, where the pandemic started in February 2020, to almost 3.07 million.
Rome
Italy has tightened restrictions in several regions due to rising coronavirus numbers.
Many schools will be closed again as of Monday, and restaurants in affected areas are no longer allowed to open for guests. The southern Italian holiday region of Campania, which includes Naples and the Amalfi Coast, is now the third region in the country of 60 million inhabitants to become a red zone with the strictest measures, as determined by the Ministry of Health in Rome on Friday.
So far, Basilicata in the south and the small Adriatic region of Molise are already red zones: In these areas, all schools must be closed, and people should leave their homes as rarely as possible.
Since autumn 2020, Italy’s government has been dividing regions into several colour-coded risk zones in its fight against the pandemic.
On Monday, further areas were also upgraded to orange zones in this system due to rising infection levels.
Among them is Veneto in the north. The neighbouring Lombardy, where about 10 million people live, already belongs to the medium risk zone. The same applies to Tuscany and Umbria.
The Coldiretti agricultural association calculated that two out of three restaurants have been closed to guests since Monday. However, takeaway sales are possible.
In addition, a night-time curfew from 10 pm continues to apply throughout Italy and regional borders may only be crossed in exceptional cases.
Because of the upward coronavirus infection curve, experts had demanded a further tightening of protective measures from the government at the weekend.
On Sunday, the health authorities in the country counted more than 20,000 new infections within 24 hours.
This brings the number of people infected with the virus in Italy, where the pandemic started in February 2020, to almost 3.07 million.
