China News Service, April 13th. According to a report by the European Network of Italy, citing EUN News Agency, the Italian Ministry of Civil Defense reported on the 12th 9789 new confirmed cases of new crown and 358 deaths.

As of 18:00 on the 12th, Italy has a total of 3,779,594 confirmed cases, 114,612 deaths, and 3,140,565 cured cases across the country.

　　According to reports, the Italian Agricultural Federation (Coldiretti) and the National Institute of Statistics released the latest statistical report, pointing out that due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, in 2020, Italian tourist consumption will plummet by 53 billion euros, of which 1/3 of the losses affect restaurants, bars, and pizza. Shops, restaurants, and farms consume, and affect the sales of street food and souvenirs during holidays.

On April 5, local time, Venice, Italy, the water bus became a new crown vaccination station on the same day, vaccinating the new crown vaccination for seniors over 80 years old.

　　According to data reported by the Italian Agricultural Federation, in 2020, Italy’s tourism consumption has reached a record low, a 44.8% drop from 2019. In addition, business travel consumption has dropped by 67.9%, and holiday food consumption has dropped by 58%, which is at least a decade. The lowest level of tourism consumption.

　　On the 12th, the research department of the Italian Bank of Sao Paulo released the "Tuscany Market Monitoring Report", showing that in 2020, the total export volume of textiles and clothing in the Prato region decreased by 23.4% compared with 2019, and the loss amounted to 510 million euros.

Among them, exports to Switzerland decreased by 33%, and both France and Germany decreased by 10%.

　　The report pointed out that in 2020, Tuscany's exports were about 16.2 billion euros, a decrease of 4.3 billion euros from the same period in 2019, a decline of 20.9%, and a decline of 48.7% in the second quarter.

The situation rebounded in the second half of the year, with a decrease of 8.7% in the third quarter from the same period in 2019 and a decrease of 8.5% in the fourth quarter.

　　Italian Tourism Minister Massimo Garavaglia (Massimo Garavaglia) said on the 12th that Italy will be fully unblocked on "Republic Day" on June 2.

In the next few days, the government will begin to gradually plan the opening time. The ban will be gradually lifted from April 20 to June 2, and the ban will be fully unblocked by June 2.

Of course, all this will be based on scientific data and infection analysis.

　　Galavaglia said that for the tourism industry, the blockade measures are losing GDP every week. Italy cannot afford this and is working hard to restart the beach at least in May.

In any case, the market needs to be reopened before the Italian Republic Day.

　　Galavaglia said that the gradual unblocking is the government's commitment. In the initial stage of the gradual unblocking, strict additional measures were still taken, and then some rules were gradually standardized, and the restaurant business was reopened in April.

On April 3, local time, in Rome, Italy, police officers patrolled Corso Avenue on horseback.

　　Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza said that from April 20, certain restrictions may disappear, but maximum caution must be maintained in April.

In the next few weeks, with the reduction of the red epidemic prevention zone and the increase in the number of vaccinations, Italy will be more confident to look to the future.

　　Speranza pointed out that the summer will be very different from recent months, and he is optimistic about it.

If most people are vaccinated against the new crown, then this summer will have more freedom.

Regarding the issue of wearing masks in summer, it is a basic rule that must be maintained. It will never be changed easily, but the vaccine will eventually change this nightmare.

(Boyuan)