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Most Italy must remain confined from Monday Within the framework of the new restrictions due to the increase in coronavirus infections, the Ministry of Health indicated this Friday in a statement.
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The most populated regions in the north of the peninsula, includings Lombardy, with Milan, as well as Lazio, with Rome, have been classified as “red zones” as of Monday, the ministry specified.
Italy faces “a new wave” of coronavirus infections a year after the start of the health emergency, so much of the country will be confined as of Monday.
For 11 of the 20 Italian regions The decree ordering the confinement was signed, while the data from another region (Basilicata) are analyzed, the note specifies.
According to the color classification, the red zone is the most contagious and implies the closure of schools, high schools and universities, as well as bars, cafes and restaurants (except for take out). The other regions have all been declared an orange zone, of intermediate contagion, indicates the ministry.
Alone the island of Sardinia It is a white zone, that is, without contagion, after having subjected the entire population to anticovid tests. A Council of Ministers held this Friday decided that, from March 15 to April 6, the regions “where the weekly number of infections exceeds 250 per 100,000 inhabitants will be considered red.”
This Friday the authorities reported 26,824 new cases and 380 deaths in 24 hours.
Easter, in the sights of the authorities
From April 3 to 5, at the end of the Easter week, the whole of Italy will be considered a red zone instead and it will only be possible to move within the own region to another private residence, once a day and a maximum of two people.
Italy, which this week exceeded the threshold of 100,000 deaths from covid-19, has registered a strong increase in infections and deaths, largely due to the British variant, according to experts.
This Friday the authorities reported 26,824 new cases and 380 deaths in 24 hourss. The research center specialized in health matters GIMBE maintains that the number of new cases observed during the last three weeks “confirms the start of the third wave” of coronavirus in Italy.
According to the president of GIMBE, Nino CartabellottaIn more than half of the 20 Italian regions, “hospitals and especially intensive care units are already saturated” and hospitalizations and interventions not related to the coronavirus were postponed.
Italy started the vaccination campaign at the end of DecemberBut since then vaccine supplies have slowed considerably and only 1.8 million people, out of a population of 60 million, have received both doses of the vaccine.
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AFP
