(ANSA) – PERUGIA, FEB 9 – An alarming spike in COVID-19 cases
has hit eh central Italian region of Umbria.
Over 500 people have been admitted to hospital with the
coronavirus across the region, and hospitals have put off
non-urgent surgery until January 21.
The regional capital, Perugia, has been turned back into a
high-risk COVIID red zone.
“We have been pushed back a year,” health officials there said.
Officials said there were rising fears of the region being
struck by new COVID variants. (ANSA).