Italy will have a total lockdown over Easter weekend
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)Italy will shut its shops and schools from Monday in response to a spike in coronavirus infections.
The extra restrictions will last until Easter, when the country will impose a total lockdown for three days from April 3-5. Prime Minister Mario Draghi warned that the Easter weekend would be a high-risk “red-zone” for new infections.
It comes as Portugal is set to be removed from the UK’s travel ban “red list” paving the way for holidays.
Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, is expected to remove the country from the 33 Covid-hotspot countries from Monday, the Daily Mail reports.
Meanwhile, Turkey prepares to welcome British tourists as early as May so long as international travel is permitted by the UK government.
Britons who have not had a jab will be allowed to travel there as long as they can provide a negative coronavirus test.
