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The Italian government is considering making it mandatory once again to wear masks outdoors at all times in public, following calls from local authorities for stricter health measures.
The government is “reflecting” on whether it needs to tighten the outdoor mask-wearing rules, Health Undersecretary Andrea Costa said in an interview on TV channel Rai1 on Tuesday.
He noted that mask use is already mandatory outdoors in Italy “in cases where gatherings occur,” adding: “I realise there may be a need to emphasise this rule more clearly at such a delicate moment “.
“We are facing a period in which it is reasonable to think that there will be a greater concentration of people on our streets,” he said.
“Obviously we are reflecting on this and we will assess things over the next few days”.
Regional leaders have called on the government to tighten the rules in recent days as the infection rate continues to rise across Italy and concern rises about the possible impact of the new Omicron variant after cases were detected in the country over the weekend.
Meanwhile, local authorities in several Italian cities have already announced their own outdoor mask mandates.