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Just over a year after Italy first closed the crown, it’s time again.
Now, three-quarters of the country have been subjected to severe restrictions pending vaccination.
– Each dose that is distributed is a step towards the end of this crisis, says the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza.
During a fateful press conference on March 9, 2020, then-Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that 60 million Italians were quarantined. The first full crown closure in Europe.
– I am fully aware of the seriousness and responsibility that this entails, Conte said then.
Now is the time again, just over a year later.
“It has been more than a year since this health crisis, but unfortunately we are again affected by a wave of infections,” says Prime Minister Mario Draghi, reports the Italian The Local.
– The memory of what happened is alive in all of us and we will do everything possible so that it does not happen again.
Photo: Guglielmo Mangiapane / TT NEWS AGENCY
Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
Italian news agency Ansa reports congestion in many places over the weekend ahead of the new restrictions that took effect Monday morning. Italy’s plan is to introduce a “hard lock” to curb the new wave of infections while mass vaccines are tested so that they can open up more when many have received their doses.
Like Sweden, the country’s vaccination program has been delayed due to delivery problems from vaccine providers.
Asked to stay home
According to the NTB news agency, three-quarters of the country is classified as a “red or orange zone”, the two highest categories with the most stringent restrictions. All areas with more than 250 infected per 100,000 inhabitants end in red.
Residents in affected regions are urged to stay home, unless they have to work or have to leave home for health or emergency reasons, TT writes.
Starting Monday, the rules will also be tightened in the “yellow” areas of the country, where the spread of the infection is currently less. Movement between cities is severely restricted and restaurants and bars are closed. Sardinia is the only region that avoids restrictions, as the spread of the infection on the island is limited.
Photo: Alessandro Pone / TT NEWS AGENCY
Folktom beach promenade in Naples on Monday, March 8.
The restrictions will apply until Easter, when the entire country is classified as a red zone during the weekend of April 3-5 and the country enters “lockdown.”
More than 100,000 people have died of covid in Italy during the pandemic and the country is experiencing its worst economic crisis since World War II.
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