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“#Italy shuts down 4 regions as Europe tries lighter lockdowns<\/strong>”
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\n MILAN \u2014 Luxury fashion boutiques, jewelry shops and most of Milan\u2019s flagship department stores were shuttered Friday, as the center of Italy\u2019s vibrant financial capital fell into a gray quiet on the first day of a partial lockdown in four regions aimed at stopping the coronavirus\u2019s resurgence.<\/p>\n

The new restrictions \u2014 which led to closures of a patchwork of nonessential businesses \u2014 allow a great deal more freedom than Italy\u2019s near-total 10-week lockdown that started in March, but nonetheless brought recriminations from regional governments that feel unfairly targeted. In particular, the south, which was largely spared in the spring, chafed the most, despite concerns that its weaker health care system was especially vulnerable.<\/p>\n

Italy\u2019s move echoes those in many parts of Europe, where infections are rising again, but governments have been reluctant to impose the kind of nationwide shutdowns they did in the spring because of the terrible economic damage they did. For instance, many European countries have opted to keep schools open \u2014 making work easier for parents \u2014 while shutting bars and restaurants and many shops.<\/p>\n

Even the lighter restrictions this time around, however, are drawing stiff criticism \u2014 especially in countries like Britain and Italy where they have exacerbated regional tensions.<\/p>\n

Under Italy\u2019s complicated 21-point formula, the northern regions of Lombardy, Piedmont and Valle d\u2019Aosta and the southern region of Calabria, the toe of Italy\u2019s boot, faced increased restrictions for the next 15 days, including the closure of all nonessential stores, take-out only for bars and restaurants, distance learning for students 12 and over and a ban on leaving hometowns except for work, health or other serious reasons.<\/p>\n

Sicily and Puglia, two other southern regions, fell into a second tier of restrictions, while the rest of the country maintained more freedom of movement but with a 10 p.m. curfew and restaurants closings at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

In Rome, Italy\u2019s health minister faced Parliament to defend the government\u2019s handling of the new phase of the crisis amid concerns the government has too often bypassed lawmakers during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a great country like Italy, this cannot be the field of a political battle,\u201d Roberto Speranza said, noting that the criteria being app<\/a>lied had been in place since April without dissent. \u201cI say this with all my strength and from my heart: Enough. Don\u2019t fuel polemics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speranza said the lockdowns were a necessity as the number of confirmed infections skyrockets and deaths reach highs not seen since the spring.<\/p>\n

The restrictions took effect the day Italy hit a new all-time high of single-day confirmed infections \u2014 37,809 \u2014 and registered the highest number of deaths \u2014 446 \u2014 since spring. Lombardy\u2019s latest caseload surged to nearly 10,000, accounting for more than 25% of Italy\u2019s new confirmed infections on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe people are getting used to seeing 400 dead. That number would have people petrified in front of their TV sets. Now people seem more indifferent,\u201d Luca Zerbini, a lawyer drinking a take-out cup of coffee near the Duomo cathedral.<\/p>\n

In Calabria, the governor vowed to fight the restrictions. And some mayors in the Lombardy in cities that suffered in the first lockdown but are less hard-hit now have pushed for restrictions to vary by province and not by the larger category of region.<\/p>\n

Milan\u2019s mayor, Giuseppe Sala, rejected such differential treatment within regions, which share a common health care system. \u201cI invite Milanese to stay home as much as possible in these very difficult days,\u2033 Sala said Friday.<\/p>\n

All was quiet in the city, where even the lines that usually form in front of popular takeaway sandwich shops \u2014 still allowed to be open \u2014 were nowhere to be seen. The hodgepodge of shops considered \u201cnecessary\u201d includes hairdressers, cosmetic and perfume stores, florists, and sweet shops alongside grocery stores \u2014 but not ice cream parlors or pastry shops. That created the odd situation where the flagship Rinascente department store was open only to customers wanting to access the ground floor for cosmetics, the 7th-floor food court or the penthouse hair salon.<\/p>\n

That patchwork reflects efforts to balance slowing the virus\u2019s spread with protecting the battered economy \u2014 and it can be seen across Europe. Many fear that businesses that suffered in the spring won\u2019t survive new restrictions this time around.<\/p>\n

In France, bookshops have been shut, and Paris\u2019 landmark English-language store Shakespeare and Company appealed to readers for support.<\/a> And it got it, receiving 5,000 online orders in one week, compared with the usual 100.<\/p>\n

But even as politicians keep a wary eye on the economy, they are also concerned about pressure on their strained health systems.<\/p>\n

Luca Zaia, governor of the northern Italian region of Veneto region, said that the deaths in his region were mostly among people over 70 while most infections were among the young, underlining the necessity for people to observe new rules even in one of the regions with the lightest restrictions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are entering the most critical phase,\u201d Zaia said, noting that if the situation worsens they will have to halt other medical procedures to find beds for COVID-19 patients.<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s health minister has warned of hard times ahead unless the country can \u201cbreak\u201d the rising trajectory of coronavirus cases, which has doubled the number of patients in intensive care in just 10 days and set a new record of over 21,500 new confirmed cases on Friday.<\/p>\n

And the French government is supplying quick virus tests to nursing homes around the country and to the nation\u2019s biggest airport, Paris\u2019 Charles de Gaulle. The tests are cheap and fast, but experts say they are also less accurate than the standard ones. Nursing homes in France, Spain and other European countries saw tremendous numbers of deaths in the first surge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second wave is here, and it is violent,\u201d French Health Minister Olivier Veran warned Thursday night, while urging people to respect a partial national lockdown.<\/p>\n

In Denmark, meanwhile, more than a quarter-million people were put on lockdown in a northern region where a mutated variation of the coronavirus infected a mink farm. Although there was no evidence the mutation posed a threat to people, Danish authorities were taking no chances and ordered millions of the animals to be killed.<\/a>\n <\/div>\n

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