Italy also hardens the tone.
While most European countries have increased travel restrictions in recent days, the head of the Italian government Giuseppe Conte signed on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday a decree establishing throughout the national territory a curfew at 10 p.m. from Thursday, say the media of the peninsula.
A decision that comes in a very tense context in the country, since the demonstrations, sometimes violent, against the measures already in force multiply almost every evening.
Rome, Naples, Milan, Turin, Florence or Bologna in particular ignited dangerously last week.
Other restrictive measures, which should be detailed during the day by Mr. Conte and which will be in force until December 3, have also been decided, including the closure of shopping centers during the weekend.
The first country in Europe to be affected by the Covid-19 epidemic in February, Italy recorded more than 39,000 deaths for more than 750,000 cases.
Green, orange and red areas
According to this new decree, the 20 regions of Italy will be divided, according to the media, into three zones, green, orange and red depending on the seriousness of the epidemiological situation, and in which more or less restrictive measures will be applied. .
Nationally, a curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. will be implemented and it will only be possible to circulate during this period for work or health reasons that must be justified.
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High schools will all have to switch to distance education and museums will be closed.
Shopping malls will also be closed during weekends or holidays and public transport will not be able to accept more than 50% of total passenger capacity.
Cruises are also canceled from this date, except those already in progress.
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The Ministry of Health will decide on the classification of regions and their possible change of color on the basis of some twenty factors, such as the transmission rate or the occupancy rate of beds in hospitals or intensive care units.