Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says Italians will have access to swimming polls, gyms and sports centers from May 25.
Italy’s prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, made the announcement late Saturday, saying the move could push “the contagion curve” up again but that he had little choice.
He said the country could not wait until a vaccine against the virus is developed because “we would end up with a strongly damaged economic and social structure”.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)
There have been 31,763 recorded deaths from the coronavirus in Italy, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, although the country’s infection rate has fallen fast in recent days.
Italy’s death toll is the third highest globally, behind the U.S. and U.K.
Rome started easing the lockdown earlier this month. Factories and parks have been open since May 4.
The latest containment-easing measures will grant Italians access to swimming pools, gyms and sports centers from May 25. Cinemas and theatres are free to reopen their doors from June 15.
source www.politico.eu
