Covid curfew to be rolled out across all of Italy, PM Conte reveals, among more new restrictions

Italy’s prime minister

Italy’s prime minister has announced plans to introduce a nightly curfew on the entire country along with further measures including the closure of bars and museums, while shopping centers will be shut at weekends.

Giuseppe Conte said on Monday that the country will set a new nationwide curfew, running from 9pm until the following morning, amid soaring Covid infections. He warned that hospitals would be overrun in 15 of Italy’s 20 regions by next month unless the government intervened now.

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