Italy loosens Covid-19 restrictions in five regions, including Lombardy
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[ROME] The Italian government will ease anti-Covid-19 restrictions in five regions from Sunday, including in the country's richest and most populous region Lombardy, the health ministry said.
Lombardy, Piedmont and Calabria will be downgraded from red to orange zones, while Sicily and Liguria will be designated as yellow rather than orange zones.
Friday's decision follows a gradual decline in hospitalisations from coronavirus in much of Italy over the past week, with the number of new cases also retreating from highs seen earlier this month.
REUTERS
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