Italy registered 433,321 new COVID-19
cases in the April 20-26 period, a 22.7% rise with respect to
the 353,193 recorded the previous week, the GIMBE medical
foundation said in its regular coronavirus monitoring report on
Thursday.
The foundation said that 11 Italian provinces had incidences of
over 1,000 cases for every 100,000 inhabitants.
GIMBE President Nino Cartabellotta said the campaign to give
fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses to the clinically vulnerable and
people over 80 had been a "flop" so far, with the percentage of
people covered in these groups still very low.
He also said it would be "madness" to scrap the obligation to
wear facemasks in enclosed places, as is scheduled to happen on
May 1, given that contagion levels are still high in Italy and
over 1.23 million people currently have the coronavirus here.
The government had said the facemask obligation may be extended
for some situations, such as on public transport and in theatres
and cinemas.
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