Weigh lockdown for unvaccinated in orange zones - Sileri

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 18 - A special lockdown for the unvaccinated and anti-vaxxers should be considered if any Italian regions turn into moderate to high COVID risk orange zones, Health Undersecretary Pierpaolo Sileri said Thursday.
    Currently all of Italy is a low-risk white zone but several regions are on the verge of turning moderate risk yellow.
    "A lockdown for the unvaccinated is not the strategy to be implemented with the current numbers, but it could be weighed in the case of a move to an orange zone," Sileri said on Italian radio.
    Sileri said "there are some areas of the country that risk ending up in a yellow zone, but that does not envisage major restrictions, so for the moment there is no reason to bring in restrictions for the unvaccinated.
    "It should be kept on the table, like many other options, but the situation is under control".
    Several Italian regional governors have urged fresh restrictions to be imposed on the unvaccinated, along the lines of the lockdown for anti-vaxxers imposed in Austria. (ANSA).