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So its as we were hearing from our correspondent earlier, pope francis has delivered our easter service, but very scaled—down because of the coronavirus. he said he hoped the dark times of the pandemic would end. and that people can rediscover the grace of everyday life. this year has been the second consecutive easter that all papal services are being attended by only about 200 people in a secondary altar of st. peters basilica instead of the usual 10,000—strong congregation. the service be...

Pandemic continues to cause havoc. italy is heading into a nationwide lockdown — from today until the 5th of april. it means non—essential shops will be shut, restaurants and bars will not be able to serve customers and people are required to stay at home — except for work, health or other essential reasons. heres our rome correspondent, mark lowen. well, when pope francis gave his urbi et orbi message on easter sunday to the city and the world a year ago to a deserted, locked—down st pe...

Italy is heading into a lockdown with the whole of the country becoming a covid—19 red zone, from today until the 5th of april. it means nonessential shops will be shut, restaurants and bars will not be able to serve customers and people required to stay at home except for work, health or other essential reasons. heres our rome correspondent, mark lowen. well, when pope francis gave his urbi et orbi message on easter sunday to the city and the world a year ago to a deserted, locked—down st p...

That will really be a boost for the country, because it will mean that the whole roll—out will start speeding up, because that is one of the main issues that people are unhappy about here. in italy meanwhile, a three—day national lockdown has come into force, with the whole of the country becoming a covid—i9 "red zone" until monday. non—essential shops are shut, restaurants and bars cannot serve customers, and italians must stay at home except for work, health or other essential reasons....

Italy is heading into a nationwide lockdown — from today until the 5th of april. it means nonessential shops will be shut, restaurants and bars will not be able to serve customers and people required to stay at home except for work, health or other essential reasons. heres our rome correspondent, mark lowen. well, when pope francis gave his urbi et orbi message on easter sunday to the city and the world a year ago to a deserted, locked—down st peters square, few would have imagined that 12 m...

Well, that restaurants are only offering takeaway service across the whole of the country and that non—essential businesses right across italy have had to close. there are movement restrictions as well. all arrivals into italy from european union countries are subject to a five—day quarantine as well. but in one concession to italians, who will be sitting down for their easter lunch or dinner at home, they are allowed to invite up to two people from the same family to join them for this, whi...

As soon as the rules were changed and people between 60 and 69 were told they could suddenly get the jab, then everybody stormed to try and get it. so, in a sense, thats one good news story, because it does mean that what we are seeing so far in the figures is not much vaccine hesitancy, or not as much as feared, when it comes to astrazeneca. in italy, meanwhile, a three—day national lockdown has come into force, with the whole of the country becoming a covid—i9 " red zone" until monday. non...

And the world a year ago to a deserted, locked—down st peters square, few would have imagined that 12 months on, here we would be again, but yes, indeed, we are. italy is in the grip of a third wave with about 20,000 coronavirus cases a day, and so the whole of italy is now in a red zone for this easter weekend. and of course, the vatican, too, is in lockdown. what does that mean? well, that restaurants are only offering a takeaway service across the whole of the country and that nonessential ...

Because that is one of the main issues that people are unhappy about here. in italy, meanwhile, a three—day national lockdown has come into force with the whole of the country becoming a covid—19 red zone until monday. non—essential shops are shut, restaurants and bars cannot serve customers and italians must stay at home except for work, health or other essential reasons. heres our rome correspondent, mark lowen. well, when pope francis gave his urbi et orbi message on easter sunday to th...

The service began two hours earlier than usual so that participants could get home before a 10pm curfew in rome which, like the rest of italy, is under tough lockdown restrictions during the easter weekend. france has also entered a third national lockdown following a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases that has overwhelmed hospitals in paris. non—essential shops and schools will remain shut for three or four weeks over the easter break. french president macron had prioritized regional restrict...