Vacation in Italy - after the falling number of infections, the worst seemed finally over, now it hits a popular tourist destination of all places.
Relief in
Italy:
No new infections in the former
coronavirus stronghold Bergamo
With
tourism
, however,
the number of infections
is also increasing
drastically
in
Italy
The popular
holiday island of Sardinia
is particularly badly affected
The pictures were shocking in
March 2020
: trucks of the
Italian army
transported
the coffins of the
coronavirus
victims
in
Bergamo
.
Too many people had died.
Many can now breathe a sigh of relief right here.
It's finally done - the number of infected people is currently zero.
But while large parts of
Italy are
slowly beginning to see the future again, there is
bad news
from the south.
Italy can really use
tourism
here.
The
economy of
the popular
holiday destination
suffered badly and
Italy
also pumped
100 billion euros
into its rescue and imposed a controversial ban on
dismissal
.
But with the vacationers the infections rise again.
The tourist stronghold
Sardinia
is
particularly
affected.
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Holidaymakers are being increasingly tested for the corona virus at Italian airports.
The numbers keep increasing.
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Corona in Italy: Discos in Sardinia are becoming corona herds
Drinking, dancing, sweating - the
corona virus
had hardly been detected
on the island
for a long time, the
discos
were open and numerous
vacationers
partied through the nights - with fatal consequences.
The number of
infections
rose and the
discos
on the
Costa Smeralda
in
particular
became corona herds.
Corona in Italy: Club owner and mega-star Flavio Briatore in the hospital
Among them is the
night club of
the prominent
ex-Formula 1 manager
Flavio Briatore
.
He defended himself in advance with videos against the strict requirements and the alleged stigmatization of the discos.
"The show goes on - the show will go on!" - he wrote.
There are now around
60
cases of
infection
in Briatore's
“Billionaire” club
, including Flavio himself.
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Vi aspettiamo questa sera al @billionaireclubpc The show goes on!
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A post shared by Flavio Briatore (@briatoreflavio) on Aug 17, 2020 at 5:15 am PDT
According to the Ansa news agency,
Briatore's team announced
on Tuesday that he had
gone to the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan
with a mild
fever
and
symptoms of exhaustion
.
"I only have a
strong prostate inflammation
, Sunday night I went to the San Raffaele in
Milan
and they took me in," said the
70-year-old of
the newspaper "Corriere della Sera".
However, the hospital
confirmed on Wednesday that the
Briatores corona test had been positive
.
The 70-year-old celebrity is now under treatment and isolation.
Corona in Italy: the average age of those infected has fallen drastically
The Italian government had to intervene:
discos
and
beach bars
are now
closed in Sardinia.
From 6 p.m. it is compulsory to wear a mask in public places.
With
513 active cases in Sardinia,
the island's total infection
count rose
to
1,912,
according to the government website
.
A trend that can also be seen in the rest of
Italy
.
The numbers are not yet as high as in
France
or
Spain
, but caution is advised, especially for holidaymakers.
The fact that the
clubs
and party
miles are
responsible for the increase in
Sardinia
is also shown by the radically lower average age of the infected: according to the government website, this is now
30 years
.
Video: Hundreds of tourists are stuck on mini-island
One of the small sub-islands of Sardinia, Santo Stefano, has been hit particularly hard:
Hundreds of vacationers
and employees of a department were
quarantined
here after a
corona
outbreak
.
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In Bavaria, a temporary mask requirement has now been introduced when starting school.
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