(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 18 - Valle d Aosta could soon become
Italy s first region to be classed as a low-COVID-contagion-risk
white zone.
This would make it possible for the small Alpine region s gyms,
swimming pools, cinemas, theatres and ski slopes to reopen.
The region s coronavirus parameters look to be in line with that
of a white zone, with a COVID-19 Rt reproduction rate below 1
and an incidence of fewer than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Valle d Aosta has been under this incidence threshold for three
consecutive weeks.
It has eight COVID patients in its hospitals and just two of
them are in intensive care.
| UPDATED: 17:30, Tue, Feb 16, 2021
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