Seven cities on red heat alert Thursday

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 9 - Seven Italian cities, four of them in Lazio, will be on red heat alert Thursday as a fresh heatwave brings sticky and breathless 'afa' conditions to the Bel Paese.
    A red alert means even the young and healthy must avoid the sun in the hottest hours.
    The cities are: Campobasso, Frosinone, Latina, Perugia, Rieti, Rome and Trieste.
    Meteorologists say the afa will stick around for about 10 days.
    (ANSA).