PM Conte tells Italians to avoid skiing at Christmas due to COVID-19 risk


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  • Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses members of the lower house of parliament during a session on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation, in Rome, Italy November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has warned Italians not to ski during the Christmas holidays to help curb a second wave of the new coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 50,000.

Italy's ski resorts earn annual revenues of about 11 billion euros (9.79 billion pounds), one third of which comes from the days Italians usually spend on the Alps and Dolomites at Christmas and New Year.

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