Bar curfew ordered and Rome demand gyms and pools shut as Covid cases increase in Italy. Italy has ordered bars and restaurants to close by 6pm and for public gyms, cinemas, and swimming pools to shut in a desperate bid to try to halt s rapid resurgence in the coronavirus that has pushed daily infection rates to new records.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the measures were aimed at protecting both public health and the economy and should bring the rising curve of the epidemic under control in the next few weeks to allow a ''serene'' Christmas. ''we think we will suffer a bit this month but by gritting our teeth with these restrictions, we'll be able to breathe again in December,'' he told a news conference, promising that sectors hit by the measures would be compensated. It comes after Spain also declared a state of emergency until May as the nation was hit by a huge coronavirus spike.
Italy, once the European country hardest hit by the pandemic, has been overtaken by Spain, France, and Britain but infection rates have been rebounding rapidly and health services have come under increasing pressure. Underlining the spread of the disease, spokesmen for both Conte and President Sergio Mattarella said they had tested positive for the virus.
On Sunday, authorities reported a new record daily total of 21,273 infections as well as 128 deaths.
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