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Shops, restaurants and schools will be closed across most of Italy on Monday, with PM Mario Draghi warning of a "new wave" of the coronavirus outbreak. For three days over Easter, 3-5 April, there will be a total shutdown. Italy, which one year ago imposed one of the first national lockdowns, is once again struggling to contain the rapid spread of infections. The country has reported more than 100,000 Covid-related deaths, Europe's second-highest tally after the UK. Italy's vaccination campaign has been hit by delays, as has been seen elsewhere in the European Union. The 麻豆社's Lyse Doucet has been speaking to Professor Giacomo Grasselli, head of the ICU at Policlinico Hospital in Milan who is coordinating the regional response in Lombardy, the area which saw Italy's first and worst outbreak last year. (Photo shows: People in Italy walking past street art of a person wearing a face mask. Credit: EPA)
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