Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Facemasks will no longer be compulsory outdoors in Italy, one of the countries in Europe worst hit by the coronavirus, from June 28, the health ministry said Monday. The lifting of the mask requirement would come into effect in regions labelled “white” under Italy’s classification system…
Italy braces for widespread COVID closures
Italy’s government was expected Friday to announce the closure of schools, restaurants and shops across most of the country as a new wave of coronavirus infections puts hospitals under strain. Prime Minister Mario Draghi will hold a cabinet meeting mid-morning to decide new restrictions for the eurozone’s third-largest economy, which…
Italy curbs Christmas travel to avoid virus ‘third wave’
Italy on Thursday announced national travel restrictions for the Christmas holidays designed to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the European country first hit by the pandemic. The new rules, together with an existing curfew and other regulations already in place, seek to curb circulation throughout the country during the…
Fewer than 1,000 virus patients in intensive care in Italy
Italy on Monday reported fewer than 1,000 people in intensive care treatment for the novel coronavirus for the first time since March 10 when the country went into confinement, the civil protection agency said. The number of daily deaths rose slightly to 179 from the last report of 165, but…
Coronavirus – this is the current status on Sunday morning
The Coronavirus pandemic in Europe and the US firmly in its grip: more than 20,000 people, according to official Numbers from the Saturday, in the meantime, the consequences of the Coronavirus died. In the United States, the number of dead rose to more than 2100. In the Chinese city of…
Italy, Spain suffer record virus deaths as British PM tests positive
Italy on Friday recorded the most daily deaths of any country since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and Spain had its deadliest day, as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson became the first major world leader to test positive. Italy reported 969 new deaths and Spain 769, as Europe reeled…
Virus cases in Italy soar 40%; US urges Americans not to go
The number of people infected in Italy with the new coronavirus rose 40% to 1,576 in just 24 hours, Italian authorities announced Sunday, adding that five more infected people had died. The news came as a new U.S. government advisory urged Americans not to travel to the two Italian regions…
In The Case Of Rewe, Edeka
The dairy Söbbeke calls back three of their organic products, because this glass may contain splinters. The company could not rule out the possibility that in individual cups, shards of safety glass and calls back, therefore, from “for reasons of preventive consumer protection”, the products. Are any of these three…