New Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi presides over his first cabinet meeting in Rome last month. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
ROME (AFP) — Italy is facing “a new wave” of coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Mario Draghi warned Friday as his government prepared to tighten restrictions across most of the country.
Schools, restaurants, shops and museums are expected to close from Monday in the majority of regions, after Italy recorded almost 26,000 new Covid-19 cases and another 373 deaths on Thursday.
During a visit to a new vaccination centre at Rome’s Fiumicino airport, Draghi did not give details of the new measures but said his cabinet had agreed to adopt “appropriate and proportionate” restrictions.