The number of shoppers in Italian grocery stores increased by 20 percent.

Coronavirus: the second wave

Half a year after the spring outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the second wave of the pandemic has arrived. The radical increase in the number of infected is forcing more and more countries to re-impose restrictions, despite the fact that the world economy has not even recovered from the effects of the spring outbreak. According to the signs, the second wave also reached Hungary. Follow our news!

In Italy, the number of shoppers in grocery stores increased by 20 percent on Monday in preparation to announce new restrictions due to the coronavirus epidemic, the Coldiretti producers association said.

Again, people bought large quantities of pasta, flour, rice, sugar, and eggs, as they did in the days before the spring restrictions. Surveys show that, in addition to food, hair dyes and other hairdressing supplies are the most widely consumed.

Giuseppe Conte highlighted greater austerity in parliament. Among the planned restrictions, he mentioned the closure of areas in critical situation due to the spread of the epidemic and the saturation of hospitals, or the restriction of movement between regions. They want to bring forward the closure of commercial and catering establishments this afternoon between six and eight at night, with shopping centers closed on weekends. Education, which was relaunched in mid-September, will be restored to online teaching starting at age 13. They reduce the use of public transport to fifty percent and also close museums. The daily La Repubblica wrote that they also want to introduce a national night curfew starting at 9 p.m.

233 people died from complications of Covid-19 disease, bringing the death toll to more than 39,000. There are almost twenty thousand in the hospital and more than two thousand in the intensive care unit.



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