Health Undersecretary Andrea Costa
said Monday that the COVID-19 situation in Italy was under
control, among reports that the government could impose
restrictions over the Christmas holidays with contagion on the
rise.
"We must not convey messages of alarm or excessive concern,"
Costa told Radio 24.
"Most Italian people are vaccinated (for COVID-19), the
situations in the hospitals is under control.
"We should look to the coming weeks with confidence while being
aware that we certainly have not emerged from the pandemic and
we need great institutional and political unity".
Costa also played down talk of the the criteria for the Green
Pass COVID-19 health certificate, which is necessary to access
Italian places of work, among other things, changing.
The Green Pass shows that a person is vaccinated for the
coronavirus, has recovered from it in the last six months or
tested positive in the last few days.
He added, however, that being vaccinated for COVID-19 could
become obligatory for some more groups of people.
At the moment the COVID jab is only obligatory for health
workers in Italy.
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