{"id":2154,"date":"2021-03-16T09:18:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T13:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2021-03-16T09:18:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T13:18:30","slug":"half-of-italy-is-a-covid-19-red-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/16\/half-of-italy-is-a-covid-19-red-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Half of Italy is a COVID-19 red zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANSA &#8211; Non-essential shops closed, trips only allowed if necessary<\/p><p>Half of Italy was on lockdown on Monday after a recent upswing on COVID-19 contagion and the government&#8217;s imposition of new rules making it more likely that regions get classified as coronavirus red zones. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ansa.it\/webimages\/img_457x\/2021\/3\/15\/b8de556cd46ef4bc3dcfdbd1c14a5732.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ansa.it\/english\/news\/politics\/2021\/03\/15\/half-of-italy-is-a-covid-19-red-zone_4f67e4f5-7b83-4249-8844-9676f3c4d568.html\">ANSA<\/a><\/div><\/div><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Italians start a widespread lockdown<\/p><p>TheNewYorkTimes &#8211; The circulation of a more contagious coronavirus variant, combined with a slow vaccine rollout, led to a 15 percent increase in cases nationally last week.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/03\/14\/world\/14virus-briefing-italy-prepares-lockdown1\/14virus-briefing-italy-prepares-lockdown1-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/14\/world\/italy-covid-lockdown.html\">TheNewYorkTimes<\/a><\/div><\/div><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Italy prepares for an Easter lockdown as Covid-19 cases grow exponentially<\/p><p>CNN &#8211; Italy is facing another lockdown, as the government attempts to contain a recent surge of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/specials\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak-intl-hnk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0cases, marred by the presence of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2021\/01\/28\/health\/variants-coronavirus-new-popping\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new variants<\/a>.Half of Italy&#8217;s 20 regions, which include the cities Rome, Milan and Venice, will be entering new coronavirus restrictions from Monday, March 15. The measures will be effective through April 6, according to a decree passed by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi&#8217;s cabinet on Friday.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/210313072225-restricted-covid-19-test-italy-0312-exlarge-169.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/13\/europe\/italy-coronavirus-national-lockdown-intl\/index.html\">CNN<\/a><\/div><\/div><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Covid-19 pandemic: Italy to shut shops and schools amid infection spike<\/p><p>BBC &#8211; <strong>Shops, restaurants and schools will be closed across most of Italy on Monday, with PM Mario Draghi warning of a &#8220;new wave&#8221; of the coronavirus outbreak.<\/strong><\/p><p>For three days over Easter, 3-5 April, there will be a total shutdown.\u00a0Italy, which one year ago imposed one of the first national lockdowns, is once again struggling to contain the rapid spread of infections.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/15A8C\/production\/_117561788_eeaaf6ed-5fbe-4235-95f2-7fe3a49b420d.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-56382608\">BBC<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANSA &#8211; Non-essential shops closed, trips only allowed if necessary Half of Italy was on lockdown on Monday after a recent upswing on COVID-19 contagion and the government&#8217;s imposition of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[196,327],"class_list":{"0":"post-2154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-italy","9":"tag-red-zone"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/b8de556cd46ef4bc3dcfdbd1c14a5732.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2156,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions\/2156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}