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Italy’s government is opting for targeted regional restrictions amid the latest surge in Covid-19 cases, in a bid to avoid a new nationwide lockdown.
Regions with the highest transmission levels will be subject to tougher curbs under
a new three-tiered system, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Monday. These will come on top of new nationwide measures including a night-time curfew.
Conte acknowledged during an address to parliament that “the national transmission index Rt is 1.7, in some areas it’s worse.†Hospitals in 15 of the country’s 20 regions could reach a critical situation next month, the premier said.
The newest plan includes shutting down museums across the country and closing shopping malls on weekends.
The government will also impose movement restrictions to and from the hardest hit
regions. The full package of new measures could be announced as early as Monday, according to people familiar with the debate who asked not to be named discussing confidential deliberations.