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#BREAKING Italy facing "a new wave" of coronavirus infections, more than a year after Covid first hit: PM

#UPDATE #Italy is facing "a new wave" of coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Mario #Draghi warned Friday, as his government prepared to tighten restrictions with schools, restaurants, shops and museums expected to close across most of the country from next week

#BREAKING Partial Covid-19 lockdown for most of Italy from Monday: govt

#UPDATE One year after it became the first European country to face a major outbreak, Italy is once again struggling with the rapid spread of Covid-19, this time fuelled by new, more contagious variant

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