Mask-free and low risk , Italy welcomes milestone in Covid pandemic
A third of Italy s population over the age of 12 has been vaccinated as of June 27, or 17,572,505 people, according to the government.
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ROME: 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.
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MOSCOW: Work-from-home restrictions were reimposed in Moscow on Monday as Russia tried to contain a deadly coronavirus wave fuelled by the Delta variant, while several Asian nations also tightened curbs to contain growing outbreaks.
While many wealthy countries have brought down infections through rapid vaccinations, outbreaks are still raging from Bangladesh and Indonesia to South America, including many fuelled by the highly contagious Delta variant that was first detected in India.
Russia has seen an explosion of new cases in the last two weeks because of this variant, and authorities announced fresh restrictions from Monday in the capital as they pushed vaccine-sceptic citizens to get a shot.
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