New measures are again being considered in #Rome to tamp down the increase in new cases attributed to #virus #variants, including also those identified in South Africa and Brazil. With the UK variant prevalent in Italy and racing from school age children and adolescents through families, #Lombardy has again put all schools on distance learning, as have several regions in the south where the health care system is more fragile. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta tells us more.

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