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  • Spain The incidence of the coronavirus, at 130, drops less than two points for the second consecutive day

When a year has passed since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the Government of Mario Draghi, supported by almost all the parties in Parliament, has approved this Friday a strong restrictions that affect most of the country.

"We are unfortunately facing a new wave,"

said Draghi after visiting the vaccination center at the Roman airport in Fiumicino.

Between next Monday, March 15 and April 6, all regions that have a weekly incidence of 250 infections per 100,000 inhabitants will automatically go to the "red zone", a soft confinement regime with all

non-essential stores closed

.

In addition, in the last days of Easter, from April 3 to 5, the whole country will be considered a "red zone", although it is possible to visit relatives within the region and go to other residences, once a day and only two people, not counting those under 14 years of age.

In total,

11 of the 20 regions and most of the population are in the 'red zone'

.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed that they are Lombardy, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Trento (north), Marche (center), Campania, Apulia and Molise (south) and Lazio and the inclusion of Basilicata is being considered (south).

Thus, the restrictions affect the capital, Rome, and Milan.

The country, which this week has exceeded the barrier of 100,000 deaths, suffers a sharp increase in infections and deaths, while hospitals threaten to be overwhelmed, largely due to the British variant.

In the last week, 150,175 new infections have been reported, compared to 130,816 last week, 15% more.

In these two weeks, hospitalizations have grown by almost 5,000 patients and patients in the ICU by 650.

The cumulative incidence at 14 days is 464 cases / 100,000 inhabitants, more than three times higher than in Spain.

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