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Italy, Austria Impose Holiday Lockdowns to Curb Virus Spread
- Italy readies ‘stop-and-go’ lockdown system for holiday season
- Austria sets post-Christmas shutdown, dangles test incentives
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Italy and Austria are leading Europe’s latest round of holiday-season lockdowns as the two neighbors seek to curb the spread of Covid-19 infections.
The Italian cabinet voted late Friday to impose a “stop-and-go” lockdown from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6, with strict restrictions on and around Christmas, New Year’s and the Epiphany holiday on Jan. 6, and slightly looser curbs for Dec. 28-30 and Jan. 4, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said at a press conference. Bars, restaurants and nonessential stores will close and people’s movement will be limited during the periods of stricter measures.