As cases surge, European countries tighten pandemic rules
In a country, where coffee is taken, properly, at a cafe counter or table, and not in some take-out paper cup, Alessandra Lorisa took off her mask and sipped hers in a Rome piazza. “By now, it's become part of our routine,'' she said. ”It's a lot more American, if we can say so,'' she added, expressing hope that after Easter “we can see some improvements, to get back to the routines that we were used to.” Credit: AP Pigeons fly over Rome's Campo dei Fiori Square, Monday, March 15, 2021. Half of Italy's regions have gone into the strictest form of lockdown in a bid to curb the latest s...