Venice Carnival canceled to control spread of COVID-19 in Italy

Scrambling to contain rapidly rising number of new coronavirus infections in Italy, the largest amount outside Asia, authorities on Sunday stepped up measures to ban public gatherings, including stopping Venice’s famed carnival events, which have drawn tens of thousands of revelers to a region that is now in the heart of the outbreak. “The ordinance … Continue reading Venice Carnival canceled to control spread of COVID-19 in Italy