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Rome restaurant terraces were packed with customers on Sunday, the day before the Italian capital and multiple regions are expected to enter a ‘red zone’ lockdown.
Romans were seen enjoying their Sunday as they had lunch at numerous al fresco eateries and walked around the Italian capital’s city centre.
“We are enjoying a little bit of freedom before the ‘red zone,'” said Rome resident Grazia Cozzi. “It seems that people are respecting the rules.”
“If we do not return to normalcy after Easter we will not make it,” said restaurant owner Giancarlo Nitti. “We need continuity that we have not had for too long. Because from September to today it has been a continuous opening and closing, opening and closing.”
“The day we are having today is not solving anything,” Nitti added.
Due to rising infections, starting on Monday, 11 of Italy’s 20 regions will become a ‘red zone,’ which is an area of high risk of contagion entering almost a total lockdown. Only movements for work or health reasons will be allowed.
All of Italy’s regions will become a ‘red zone’ on Easter weekend from April 3 to 5, according to Italian media reports.
Italy has reported more than 3,2 million cases of COVID-19 and 102,145 related deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
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SOT, Alicia Cea, Erasmus student (Italian): “I hope (the lockdown) is only until Easter. We hope that (the lockdown) is not for the next two months, because we are here to do our Erasmus. How can we do Erasmus if we can’t leave home?”
SOT, Beatrice, Rome resident (Italian): “We had lunch here in Trastevere. Now we are going to eat an ice cream and then we will go home.”
SOT, Grazia Cozzi, Rome resident (Italian): “We are enjoying a little bit of freedom before the ‘red zone.’ The day is going well. It seems that people are respecting the rules.”
SOT, Filippo Gori, Rome resident (Italian): “We are trying to take advantage of this day. Luckily it’s not raining. A Spritz and an aperitif. We try to enjoy the last days of freedom. Obviously in a safe way, respecting the rules.”
SOT, Gianmarco Nitti, owner of Osteria dell’Ingegno restaurant (Italian): “Unfortunately tomorrow we will start to suffer a lot again. And this is really the last, if we do not return to normalcy after Easter we will not make it.”
SOT, Gianmarco Nitti, owner of Osteria dell’Ingegno restaurant (Italian): “We need continuity that we have not had for too long. Because from September to today it has been a continuous opening and closing, opening and closing. From October 20 we have only been open for lunch. From December 20 to February 1 we have been closed. Now we are closing again. The day we are having today is not solving anything.”
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