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In what Italy's prime minister said was 'not an easy decision,' PM Giuseppe Conte has put the country on lockdown for the holidays. Business Insider reports Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told reporters that experts fear there will be a jump in COVID-19 cases over Christmas. Italy wasn't the only European country to tighten restrictions over the holidays — the UK and Germany have both announced heightened coronavirus restrictions. Johns Hopkins University data reports that as of Saturday, Italy had recorded over 1.9 million confirmed cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began. Thus far, nearly 68,000 deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in Italy.
A nurse was arrested in Palermo, Sicily, for pretending to administer a Covid-19 vaccine to consenting patients, in particular to two spouses. In the video surveillance images, the nurse empties the content of a syringe into a gauze before giving the injection. IMAGES
Rome, Aug 11 (EFE) .- (Camera: Antonello Nusca) A health certificate has been mandatory in Italy since August 6 to be able to sit inside restaurants, as well as to access museums, cinemas, theatres, sporting events and amusement parks or playing sports in closed spaces.FOOTAGE OF COVID TESTING IN TERMINI FOR TOURISTS. SOUNDBITES OF ITALIAN COUPLE. Translation:1.- "It is something that must be done. It is necessary because they have to control that people have the vaccine. I have had Covid and, unfortunately, perhaps because of that, since I have not been vaccinated it is not valid. But, for all intents and purposes, I have had it and received it so I have the right to go to the restaurant to enjoy a meal. "
Rome, Apr 20 (EFE).- Rome's storied Cinecitta studio began a new phase in its existence on Tuesday as a Covid-19 vaccination site amid preparations to restart the Italian film industry after more than a year of disruptions due to the pandemic.(CAMERA: Alvaro Padilla)VACCINATION CENTER IN THE CINECITTÀ STUDIOS IN ROMA.
Rome, Apr 13 (EFE) .- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) Moments of tension in the demonstration that several hundred merchants attended on Tuesday at the Circo Massimo in Rome to protest against the closures derived from the restrictions due to the pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTESTS IN ROME
Rome, Apr 6 (EFE), (Camera: Álvaro Padilla).- Business owners and workers clashed with the police on Tuesday during a protest in Rome against the closure of economic activities due to the pandemic.The demonstrations took place in several Italian cities with hundreds of protesters.FOOTAGE OF THE CLASHES BETWEEN DEMONSTRATORS AND POLICE OFFICERS IN ROME.