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Italy enters Christmas lockdown amid signs of resurgence

by Nicole Winfield
| December 26, 2020 12:06 AM

ROME (AP) — Police in Italy enforced new COVID-19 travel restrictions aimed at limiting Christmas get-togethers involving far-flung family members as public health officials appealed Thursday for a “drastic reduction" in social contacts to prevent new infections over the holidays.

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