Italy extends COVID-19 curbs in more regions as new cases pile up

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Italy will further tighten coronavirus restrictions in three of its 20 regions, the government said on Friday, after health officials warned of ...

A homeless person sleeps on the street while a woman walks by, as Lombardy tightens restrictions due to a surge in the number of the coronavirus disease infections in the region, in Milan, Italy, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Flavio Lo ScalzoROME: Italy will further tighten coronavirus restrictions in three of its 20 regions, the government said on Friday, after health officials warned of the growing spread of new, highly contagious variants.

Italy's average reproduction number has risen to 1.06 - the first time it has moved above the threshold of 1 after seven weeks, the ISS said. An"R" number above 1 indicates infections will grow at an exponential rate. Campania, centred on the southern city of Naples, will join Basilicata and Molise in the strictest red zone as of Monday. Movement will be severely limited, and bars, restaurants and schools closed along with most shops.Two northern regions will move from the yellow to the intermediary orange list - Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto. That brings the total number of orange regions to 10, with just six marked yellow and one white - Sardinia.

 

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Poor sensation - playing on rubish emotions - kind advise: please change source of information, living in South- East Asia many years - never sent rare occurrences to others to create poor opinion - to be direct in message GEYLANG not equal S’pore rgds from Italy Tomasz

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