This comes days after Luca Zaia, the president of the northern Italian region of Veneto, said regional authorities would issue fines of at least 1,000 euros (1,130 U.S. dollars) for those found disobeying coronavirus health rules and jail time for anyone infected in the region who refused to be hospitalized. The rules came in the wake of the arrival of an infected man from Serbia, who infected at least ten people and required the quarantine of 100 others.
Earlier in the week, Italy unilaterally closed its borders to arrivals from 13 countries including Armenia, Bangladesh, and Brazil, where coronavirus infections are on the rise.
According to Il Messaggero, a Rome daily newspaper, the reopening of Italy's borders to European travelers starting June 3 has resulted in at least 1,000 new cases of coronavirus nationally. In some parts of the country, most notably the southern region of Apulia, the only active cases are from foreign travelers.
But the new problems are not limited to foreign arrivals.
The central Italian region of Emilia-Romagna that includes the city of Bologna registered 71 new cases in the last 24 hours, most connected to a national delivery service based in the region.
Lazio, the region that includes the Italian capital, reported 20 new cases Sunday, mostly in the periphery of the city.
Lombardy, the region that includes Milan, remained the hardest-hit region with 77 new cases reported Sunday. Lombardy, which includes around one-sixth of Italy's total population, has nearly 50 percent of the country's overall coronavirus death toll and around 40 percent of the country's total infections.
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