Italy to relax Covid restrictions as Draghi hopes ‘gamble’ pays off
by Angela Giuffrida in Rome from on (#5H1G4)
Prime minister under pressure within coalition to lift lockdown measures but death toll remains high
Italy will begin easing its coronavirus lockdown on Monday in what is considered to be Mario Draghi's first significant gamble since taking office as prime minister in February.
More than half of Italy's 20 regions will be in the more lenient yellow zone" category of restrictions even though the country is still recording thousands of new infections each day and a stubbornly high Covid-19 death toll.
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