Public transport seen as major culprit for Italy coronavirus surge

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Public transport in Italy is increasingly seen by experts and policymakers as one of the places where the risk of contracting COVID-19 is highest, as the government grapples with a surge in cases. On Sunday, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte issued new restrictions on bars, schools and restaurants but critics

ROME - Public transport in Italy is increasingly seen by experts and policymakers as one of the places where the risk of contracting COVID-19 is highest, as the government grapples with a surge in cases.

"Eighty percent is too much. Sometimes it is impossible to keep the safety distance," of at least 1 metre between passengers, Massimo Andreoni, infectious disease professor at Rome's Tor Vergata university, told Reuters. Conte said this week he thought public transport was"above all" the place where the infection is circulating.

 

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