Premier Matteo Renzi's cabinet
on Friday approved a new decree with measures to tackle the
emergency caused by the recent earthquakes in central Italy.
It features measure for agriculture, schools, culture and
heritage and also aims to streamline bureaucracy for the effort
to reconstruct the affected areas and make buildings safe.
The text of the decree should be published in the
Official Journal on Monday.
Meanwhile 75 aftershocks were registered after midnight
Friday in areas of the Marche, Umbria and Lazio regions.
The strongest, a 3.4-magnitude aftershock was recorded at
00:24 local time between the Umbria city of Perugia and
Macerata, in Marche.
Bad weather has also been forecast over the weekend with
dropping temperatures and showers in the Umbria and Marche
regions affected by the quake.
The emergency started with the August 24 6.0-magnitude
quake that killed 298 people.
Two more quakes shook the area on October 26, one
measuring 5.4 in magnitude and the other 5.9.
On Sunday, a 6.5-magnitude quake struck near Norcia, the
biggest since 1980.
The quakes have caused extensive damage, razing to the
ground villages and destroying priceless artworks and Medieval
churches as well as the area's economy.
The civil protection department is currently assisting
over 26,000 homeless people.
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