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Italy says face masks no longer mandatory outdoors from June 28

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/06/03/20210603-italy-coronavirus-rtr.jpg"/><figcaption>People sit at outdoor tables at St. Mark&#x27;s Square as Italy lifts quarantine restrictions for travelers arriving from European Union countries, Britain and Israel and begins offering COVID-free flights in a bid to revive the tourism industry, in Venice, Italy, on May 16, 2021. <em>Manuel Silvestri, Reuters/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>ROME - Facemasks will no longer be compulsory outdoors in Italy, one of the countries in Europe worst hit by the coronavirus, from June 28, the health ministry said Monday.</p><p>The lifting of the mask requirement would come into effect in regions labelled &quot;white&quot; under Italy&#x27;s classification system for how rapidly the virus is spreading, Health Minister Roberto Speranza wrote on Facebook.</p><p>This includes all Italian regions except the tiny Aosta Valley in the far northwest.</p><p>Speranza&#x27;s announcement came on advice from Italy&#x27;s Comitato Tecnico Scientifico (CTS) scientific advisory panel, which said people should still have masks at hand for events with higher risk of spreading the virus like large gatherings.</p><p>By June 28, experts predict all of Italy will be classified a &quot;white&quot; zone, with just 21 deaths and 495 new cases recorded nationwide on Monday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/06/03/21/italy-offers-covid-19-vaccines-to-everyone-over-12">Italy offers COVID-19 vaccines to everyone over 12</a></li></ul><p>The country has recorded 127,291 deaths since the pandemic reached it in early 2020, with 4.25 million infections.</p><p>So far 30 percent of people over 12 have been vaccinated, or around 16 million out of a population of 60 million.</p><p>More than 46 million vaccine doses have been administered in Italy.</p><div><strong>cm/tgb/ach </strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>ROME - Facemasks will no longer be compulsory outdoors in Italy, one of the countries in Europe worst hit by the coronavirus, from June 28, the health ministry said Monday.</p>

ROME - Facemasks will no longer be compulsory outdoors in Italy, one of the countries in Europe worst hit by the coronavirus, from June 28, the health ministry said Monday.