Italy orders Christmas at home | Strong limits …

The Italian government has passed a decree-law to restrict mobility within the country during the Christmas and New Year holidays, as part of a package of measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The new measures adopted from this Thursday come as Italy recorded its worst death data on Thursday since the start of the pandemic, with 993 deaths in 24 hours.

According to the Health Ministry, on that day there were also 23,225 other infections among the more than 226,000 tests carried out, a figure in line with previous days although slightly higher, the Europa news agency reported. Press. With that, the pandemic is already leaving 1,664,829 confirmed infections in Italy and 58,038 deaths since the first case was detected at the end of February. And the contagion rate is close to ten percent of those tested.

The decree signed by the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte prohibited from moving from one region to another between December 21 and January 6, 2021, except for health or work reasons, the AFP news agency reported. The country is divided into twenty regions that the government has classified by color according to three levels of risk of contagion: high, intermediate and moderate. Travel to regions in a serious epidemiological situation, classified in red, were already prohibited. On the other hand, on December 25 and 26, as well as on January 1, it will be forbidden to travel outside the town itself, except for health and work reasons.

Italy, the first country to be affected by the coronavirus in Europe, has so far recorded more than 56,000 deaths, and the government fears a third wave after the winter break if strict measures are not taken. According to the Ministry of Health, the pandemic has caused 1,620,901 infections and 56,361 deaths in Italy. The peak of the second epidemic seems to have passed without it being necessary to contain the whole country.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte plans to sign during the day a more detailed decree-law in which, according to Italian media, he will renew the curfew in force throughout the country between 22 and 5. Until now, restaurants and bars can open until 6 p.m., while cinemas, theaters and concert halls remain closed.

According to unconfirmed press leaks, the government will institute a quarantine for Italians returning from abroad during the year-end holidays and announce the closure of slopes and ski resorts.