Key points
- In Italy, the number of new coronavirus cases has never been so high since the lockdown in May;
- The average age of infections occur has dropped to around 30 years;
- The Government has announced new restrictions.
COVID-19 numbers in Italy continue to increase: the figure of Thursday 20 August was 845 infections in 24 hours, the highest since last May 16 when 875 new cases were registered and the country was in lockdown.
The average age of those who contract the virus has dropped to around 30 years, but there is also "a lower clinical severity of the diagnosed cases which, in most cases, are asymptomatic" according to the health department.
The second wave of cornavirus could prove less dangerous, experts say.
In an attempt to contain the new infections, the Government has introduced new measures: clubs have been closed, the use of masks has been reintroduced in crowded places and testing clinics have been set up at airports.
With the end of the Summer holidays, the opening of school is around the corner. The Minister of Education, Lucia Azzolina, reassured that there is: "No risk for the opening of the school year" scheduled for 14 September.
Andrea Eusebio, journalist of AlaNEWS press agency in Milan, has more.
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All Victorians must wear a face covering when they leave home, no matter where they live.”
