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Italy’s Conte to announce new measures against virus surge on Sunday – Metro US

Italy’s Conte to announce new measures against virus surge on Sunday

EU leaders summit in Brussels
EU leaders summit in Brussels

MILANO (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will announce new measures on Sunday to counter a surge in coronavirus cases, his office said on Saturday.

Italy registered a record 10,925 new infections in 24 hours, the health ministry said on Saturday, up from the previous record of 10,010 cases posted on Friday.

(Reporting by Giuseppe Fonte, writing by Gianluca Semeraro; Editing by Kevin Liffey)