Premier Giuseppe Conte has ruled out
big get-togethers at Christmas while stressing that Italy should
not have any high-COVID-19-risk red zones by the time of the
holidays.
The premier is also resisting pressure from regions with ski
resorts for the nation's ski slopes to be reopened for
Christmas.
"If the contagion trend continues, there won't be any more red
zone in December," Conte said.
"But we cannot allow occasions of sociality in the Christmas
period, starting with indiscriminate holidays on the snow".
Under Italy's three-tier system of COVID restrictions, most of
Italy's regions are currently either red zones, meaning they are
in a soft lockdown, or medium-high-risk orange zones, where the
restrictions are less strict.
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