Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wearing a protective face mask gestures as he speaks during a news conference on government's new anti-COVID-19 measures, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, at Chigi Palace in Rome, Italy October 25, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy on Sunday ordered bars and restaurants to close by 6 p.m. and shut public gyms, cinemas and swimming pools to try to halt a rapid resurgence in the coronavirus that has pushed daily infection rates to new records.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the measures were aimed at protecting both public health and the economy and should allow the rising curve of the epidemic to be brought under control in the next few weeks.
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