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MILAN The number of new COVID-19 cases in Italy rose by 13,318 on Tuesday, with 201 requiring intensive care treatment, as Italy heads toward a nationwide partial lockdown for the Christmas holidays.
The Health Ministry said the daily death toll remained at 601, bringing Italy’s known pandemic total to 69,842.
Hospitalizations dropped below 25,000, with 2,687 people in intensive care 43 fewer than a day earlier.
Italians are easing into a holiday season full of restrictions, and already are barred from traveling to other regions except for valid reasons like work or health.
Starting Christmas eve, travel beyond city or town borders also will be blocked, with some allowance for very limited personal visits in the same region.
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New Virus Strain Could Be in U.S.; Fauci Gets Shot: Virus Update Bloomberg 12/22/2020 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) The new Covid-19 strain that emerged in the U.K. is possibly already in the U.S., Germany, France and Switzerland, officials in those countries said. Ireland imposed new restrictions to stem an “extraordinary growth” in cases, and said the nation should act on the assumption that the new variant has arrived.
Pfizer Inc.’s partner BioNTech SE is exploring options to boost vaccine production, and its chief executive officer said its shot will probably work against the new virus strain. Taiwan reported the first locally transmitted infection since April, ending what was the world’s longest stretch without a domestic case.