Italy orders Christmas lockdown as Sweden changes tack with toughest measures yet

Italy orders Christmas lockdown as Sweden changes tack with toughest measures yet
Sunita Patel-Carstairs, news reporter
Italy is to go into a new lockdown for much of the Christmas and New Year period to tackle a rise in coronavirus cases.
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Italy will be in lockdown for much of the Christmas and New Year period
Bars, restaurants and non-essential shops will close between 24 and 27 December, New Year's Eve to 3 January, and 5 to 6 January.
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Sweden is introducing its toughest restrictions yet amid a surge in coronavirus cases
Italians will only be allowed to travel for work, health or emergency reasons.

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