Sicily over the weekend joined southern Campania and the city of Genoa in announcing outdoor mask mandates. The Campania region around Naples led the country in adding the most new infections Monday, at 295; Sicily added 102 — almost as many as Europe’s original virus epicenter in Lombardy. ———MADRID — After ending a meeting with Madrid regional officials without agreeing how to tackle a wave of coronavirus infections, Spain’s health minister has pleaded again for tougher measures in the capital. Salvador Illa said that the Madrid region, home to 6.6 million, “has community transmission and the pandemic is not under control.”“It’s already too late and we need to act with determination,” he said. The disagreement has played out publicly, raising concern among many in Madrid and the rest of Spain.

Source: Daily Sun September 28, 2020 20:26 UTC