Lazio and Campania are set to have
their first night under curfews after Lombardy had first taste
of this type of restriction overnight.
The regions are taking drastic action after a sharp rise in
COVID-19 contagion, with Italy registering over 16,000 new cases
on Thursday.
The curfew in Lombardy, the region around Milan and the one
hardest hit by the coronavirus, kicked in at 23:00 on Thursday
and lasted until 5:00 Friday, bringing back the silence to
usually busy areas that was characteristic of national lockdown
earlier this year.
People are only allowed out in this time period for work reasons
or other specific needs, such as those regarding health.
Likewise, Campania is closing all its commercial, social and
recreational activities from 23:00 until 5:00 as of Friday until
November 13.
The curfew in Lazio, the region around Rome, will start at
midnight.
Sardinia Governor Christian Solinas is expected to announce
within the next 48 hours a 15-day 'Stop & Go' lockdown on the
island in a bid to bring down its COVID-19 contagion curve,
sources have said.
On Wednesday Solinas said this 'Stop & Go' regime would affect
"the principle activities with the closure of ports and airports
at the same time to limit the circulation of people and of the
virus in a rapid, incisive way".
Sardinia had relatively few cases during the first wave of the
coronavirus emergency. But the virus got a grip on the island
after the summer-holiday season brought visitors to the island.
The southern region of Calabria is expected to bring in tough
restrictive new measures on Monday.
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