Italy to Continue Stop-and-Go Local Lockdowns Through Winter
- Italy to maintain zone-based system, Sileri says in interview
- Extension over winter could help avoid a national lockdown
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Italy’s government is likely to extend its region-by-region lockdown system through the entire winter to counter the spread of the coronavirus while protecting the economy, the deputy health minister said.
Pierpaolo Sileri, a lawmaker from the Five Star Movement, told Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua that the current decree dividing the country into areas of varying risk, with different restrictions on businesses and movement, will be extended beyond its current Dec. 3 expiration date.