Covid-19: most of Italy is reconfiguring itself
Passers-by in the streets of Rome as the government announces new restrictions to fight Covid-19.
REUTERS - YARA NARDI
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Faced with the exponential rise in the contagion curve, due to the intense circulation of the British variant, from Monday March 15 even more restrictive anti-Covid measures will be applied in half of the country where the 100,000 death mark, due to the pandemic, is largely outdated.
In addition, to avoid a situation as dramatic as in the spring of 2020, all of Italy will be sealed off for Easter.
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With our correspondent in Rome
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Anne Le Nir
Italy is therefore once again closing its bars, restaurants and schools in most regions.
The curfew is maintained from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. until April 6.
Interregional travel will remain prohibited, at least until that date.
And if in the space of a week, 250 people out of a population of 100,000 inhabitants were declared positive for the coronavirus, the area concerned would be automatically confined.
In this case, travel will be limited to work requirements, the purchase of basic necessities, medical emergencies and vaccination appointments.
The vaccination campaign will also be strongly accelerated, promised the head of government,
Mario Draghi
, during his visit to the new center, set up at the Roman airport of Fiuminico.
In addition, in order to avoid gatherings between friends or family, all of Italy will be put back under cover, for the weekend and Easter Monday.
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