Italy welcomes back normal life with no facemasks required outdoors
Tue, Jun 29, 2021
ROME: Italians were finally able to go outside without masks Monday after the whole country became a low-risk zone for coronavirus, a milestone for the first European country to be hit by the global pandemic in February 2020.
In a decree that took effect Monday, the health ministry for the first time classified each of Italy´s 20 regions as white , the lowest of four categories under a colour-coded classification system that evaluates Covid-19 risk.
It means facemasks are no longer compulsory in outdoor areas welcome news in a country where an ongoing heatwave is expected to push temperatures past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some southern areas this week.
Mask-free and ´low risk´, Italy welcomes milestone
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Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
ROME: Italians were finally able to go outside without masks Monday after the whole country became a low-risk zone for coronavirus, a milestone for the first European country to be hit by the global pandemic in February 2020.
In a decree that took effect Monday, the health ministry for the first time classified each of Italy´s 20 regions as white , the lowest of four categories under a colour-coded classification system that evaluates Covid-19 risk.
It means facemasks are no longer compulsory in outdoor areas welcome news in a country where an ongoing heatwave is expected to push temperatures past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some southern areas this week.
MOSCOW: Russia’s Saint Petersburg posted record Covid-19 deaths Monday as it prepares to host a Euro 2020 quarter-final despite the spread of the Delta variant, which is fueling infection surges around the world and causing a headache for major sporting events.
While wealthy countries have started bringing down infections through rapid vaccination drives, outbreaks are still raging from Bangladesh to South America with the spread of the Delta variant, which was first detected in India.
The strain, now in 85 countries, is the most contagious of any Covid-19 variant so far identified, the World Health Organization says.
The surge has caused alarm for the Euro 2020 football tournament taking place in numerous locations throughout Europe.
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Mask-free and low risk , Italy welcomes milestone
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28/06/2021 - 05:17 Italians across the country will be able to enjoy outdoor life mask free from Monday Tiziana FABI AFP 2 min
Rome (AFP)
All of Italy became a mask-free, low-risk zone for coronavirus Monday, marking a dramatic milestone for the first European country to be hit by the global pandemic in February 2020.
In a decree that took effect Monday, the health ministry for the first time classified each of Italy s 20 regions as white , signifying low risk, under the country s colour-coded classification system that evaluates Covid-19 risk.
That means facemasks will no longer be compulsory in outdoor areas welcome news across the country where an ongoing heatwave is expected to push temperatures past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some southern areas this week.