Premier Giuseppe Conte said Monday
that there was no chance of his government imposing a new
national lockdown in response to an upswing in COVID-19 cases.
"I exclude lockdowns and a say that after due consideration,"
Conte told reporters in Taranto.
"If the contagion curve were to keep going up, it would be
possible to consider lockdowns limited to specific areas".
Conte also said his executive would try to sign off a decree on
Monday evening to apply the recommendation of the CTS expert
panel to reduce the coronavirus quarantine period from 14 to 10
days and bring in new measures aimed at combating contagion.
The aim is to avoid having to impose a new lockdown or other
measures that would seriously damage the economy, sources said.
The interior ministry, meanwhile, has clarified that another
decree making it obligatory to wear facemasks outside does not
apply to people who are jogging but it does apply to those out
for a stroll. There had been confusion about what was meant in
the decree when it said people doing sporting activities were
exempt.
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