Italy has shut its discos and nightclubs for a month, and strengthened its rules on when face masks must be worn in public.
Health minister Roberto Speranza said while numbers of new coronavirus cases in Italy remained low, they were growing.
Speranza said the country, which has the second highest number of Covid deaths in Europe, could not risk the sacrifices it had already made.
He added the country’s priority was to endure schools could open safely in September.