{"id":122563,"date":"2021-10-07T19:33:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T19:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=122563"},"modified":"2021-10-07T19:33:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T19:33:38","slug":"italy-loosens-covid-19-restrictions-on-leisure-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/italy-loosens-covid-19-restrictions-on-leisure-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy loosens COVID-19 restrictions on leisure activities"},"content":{"rendered":"
(Official correction to say maximum capacity on outdoor discos 75%, not 70%)<\/p> ROME (Reuters) -Italy increased the maximum attendance capacity allowed at cultural and sporting venues on Thursday, continuing its progressive easing of COVID-19 curbs for those who can show documents of immunity from the disease.<\/p>\n As of Oct. 11, cinemas, theatres and concert venues will be able to fill all their seats, scrapping the current limit of 50%, the government said, following advice from its panel of public health advisors.<\/p>\n \u201cFinally all cultural events are coming back to life,\u201d Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said on Twitter.<\/p>\n The maximum capacity of sports stadiums will be raised to 60% from 35% for indoor venues and to 75% from 50% outdoors.<\/p>\n Limits on discotheques and nightclubs will stand at 50% indoors and 75% outdoors.<\/p>\n There will be no restrictions on museums, where only social distancing rules will remain in place.<\/p>\n However, only those carrying the so-called Green Pass — a certificate that shows if someone has received at least one jab, has tested negative or has recently recovered from coronavirus — will be allowed entry, and masks will remain obligatory.<\/p>\n Italy has seen more than 131,000 COVID-related deaths since its outbreak emerged in February last year, second highest tally in Europe after Britain.<\/p>\n However, infections, hospitalisations and fatalities have all eased in recent months as the vaccination campaign has proceeded.<\/p>\n Around 75% of its 60-million-strong population have had at least one COVID-19 shot and 69% are fully vaccinated, figures broadly in line with other large European Union countries.<\/p>\n