MILAN, Italy — Crowds flooded the streets of several Italian cities on Sunday, forcing police to close off popular sites such as Rome’s Trevi fountain, while the government debated which restrictions to enforce over the Christmas holiday period.
Italy on Saturday overtook Britain as the European nation with the highest death toll with a total of 64,520 COVID-19 fatalities.
Almost 1 in 30 Italians have been infected since February when Italy became the first Western country hit by the pandemic.
The easing of some restrictions Rome had imposed last month to fight a resurgence of the coronavirus brought crowds of shoppers to ma…
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