Italy’s New ‘Soft’ Coronavirus Measures Prioritize The Economy

  • Date: 19-Oct-2020
  • Source: Forbes
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Middle East
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Italy’s New ‘Soft’ Coronavirus Measures Prioritize The Economy

Tourists in front of the Fontana di Trevi in Rome on 12 October 2020. The data of the Covid-19 ... [+] positives in Rome grow to 158, in the 24 hours, 72 cases. As a result of the increase in infected, the city seems to have emptied of tourists and the many Romans return to smartworking (Photo by Davide Pischettola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)



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As coronavirus cases continue to rise in Italy, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has avoided introducing tough lockdown regulations and instead opted to put the economy first. While Italy had one of the strictest lockdowns during the first wave of COVID-19 in Europe, it is now following a similar path to other European countries that opted for less