>>>ANSA/Coronavirus: 182 new cases in Italy, deaths up by 21

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 1 - The health ministry said Wednesday Italy has registered 182 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.
    That was a higher rise than Tuesday, when there were 142.
    Of the new cases, 109, or 59.8% of the total, were in Lombardy, the worst-hit region.
    The ministry said there have been 21 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, slightly down from Tuesday's 23.
    The overall death toll is now 34,788.
    The total number of cases here, including the deceased, the currently positive and those who have recovered, now stands at 240,760.
    Italy has chosen to adopt a prudent line as coronavirus travel restrictions are eased and is keeping in force self-isolation and health-surveillance measures for all people arriving from extra-Schengen countries for the moment.
    That means the measures will also apply in our country to citizens from the 14 countries on the EU's 'green list', to and from which it is possible to move freely as of Wednesday, according to an ordinance signed on Tuesday by Health Minister Roberto Speranza.
    The ordinance adds 'demonstrable reasons of study' to the list of reasons for which people are allowed to enter Italian territory.
    The other reasons are demonstrable work needs, health reasons and absolute necessity.
    "The situation at the global level remains complex," Minister Speranza said after signing the ordinance. "We must prevent the sacrifices the Italian people have made in recent months from being wasted".
    Some 72,000 Italian households have requested a 500-euro holiday voucher from the government in the first day it has become available, Culture and Tourism Minister Dario Franceschini said Wednesday.
    The voucher is available to households that earn up to 40,000 euros gross a year. Families with household income above that do not qualify. "The #bonusvacanze started at midnight. In 12 hours 72,295 households asked for and obtained it in a few minutes," Franceschini said on Twitter. "Thank you to everyone who worked to make it operational in a few weeks. A concrete help to families and tourist firms". The vouchers already obtained amount to some 35 million euros and around 20 families haver already spent theirs, official said. (ANSA).