Immediately after Christmas, new, stricter measures are possible to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Italian media.
On the 23rd of the month, the Italian prime minister is going to meet the leaders of the parties that support the government, to jointly assess the whole situation, based on the new data regarding the spread of the omicron variant.
The newspaper La Repubblica writes that compulsory vaccination, in particular, can be extended to citizens who are in constant contact with the public. Until now, education workers, health workers, police, the army and carabinieri have been required to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
At the same time, the reduction of the validity of the “vaccinated green pass” from nine to six months is being considered.
Meanwhile, 28,064 coronavirus cases have been reported in the country today and 123 people have died. In total, 697,740 diagnostic tests were performed, 4% of which were positive.
There are 953 patients with the virus in the intensive care units, while there are 7,576 patients in the hospital wards.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, in Italy the infections are 5,364,852 and 135,544 people have lost their lives.
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