Italy’s beautiful small towns face coronavirus heat, restrictions imposed
Beautiful Italian towns are facing a dilemma with fresh cases of coronavirus. Small towns in the country's South Tyrol province have announced partial lockdown so as to restrict the spread of the virus any further. This is in fact one of the least vaccinated parts of the country with winter tourism is knocking on the door.
Towns in South Tyrol have decided to close its bars, and restaurants 6 pm, and also impose a nighttime curfew from 8 pm to 5 am, while passengers on public transport have been asked to wear FFP2 face masks. The government in Rome on the other hand debated whether unvaccinated people should be excluded from activities so that the spread of the virus can be limited.
South Tyrol borders Austria, and is a German-speaking province in the Dolomite mountains. The region has...