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.
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