ROME, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The number of new coronavirus cases in Italy appears to have plateaued in recent days, as the majority of Italian schools reopened Monday and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was sent home to complete his recovery nearly two weeks after first testing positive for the virus.
Around two-thirds of Italy's 8 million students returned to school Monday amid strict social distancing and health regulations created to curb the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Most of the rest of the schools opened in the last ten days, with around one in ten, mostly rural schools, scheduled to open at the end of the month.