The 889 new fatalities reported in the world's worst-hit nation came a day after it registered 969 deaths on Friday -- the highest single toll since the COVID-19 virus emerged late last year.
"Is it time to reopen the country? I think we have to think about it really carefully," civil protection service chief Angelo Borrelli told reporters. Italians had begun to hope that their worst disaster in generations was easing after the increase in daily death rates began to slow on March 22.Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told Italians late Saturday to be ready to spend more time cooped up at home.
The southern European nations worst-hit by the virus are urging the EU to go abandon its budget rules.
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