The strict lockdown measures have eased but social distancing rules now remain in place.īocelli's comments were made at a conference that was attended by opposition politicians including Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right League party, who opposes the wearing of masks. The country has accounted for 246,000 cases and more than 35,000 deaths. Radical measures undertaken included people not being permitted to leave their homes except to shop for groceries, for medical visits, and to go to work where working from home was not possible. Italy was the first country in Europe to implement a strict nationwide lockdown from March 9 to May 4. 'We were fortunate enough to have a swift and full recovery by the end of March,' he said. Tourists-Americans Not Allowed in These Nations

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How to Watch WHO and Global Citizen Special 'One World: Together at Home'.Let's read books, move around, get to know each other, talk, dialogue.'īocelli himself tested positive for COVID at the end of March but said on Facebook at the time that it only affected him 'mildly.' He also urged the public not to follow the rules, adding: 'Let's refuse to follow this rule. 'So what was all this sense of gravity for? 'I know a lot of people, but I haven't known anybody who ended up in intensive care. The revered singer also cast doubt on the severity of the pandemic suggesting that the government blew it out of proportion as he personally did not know anyone admitted to intensive care with the disease. Let's read books, move around, get to know each other, talk, dialogue.

'I am a certain age and I need sun and vitamin D,' he continued.īocelli also encouraged people to flout social distancing rules and refuse to wear face masks. This photo taken on Apshows Italian tenor and opera singer Andrea Bocelli sing during a rehearsal on a deserted Piazza del Duomo in central Milan, prior to an evening performance without public for the world wounded by the pandemic, during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus.

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