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Images show the scene outside Milan's Duomo Cathedral as swathes of Italy return to coronavirus lockdown in response to the resurgent pandemic continuing its march through Europe. Italy had been badly hit by a first wave, with images of swamped hospitals, makeshift morgues and intubated patients shocking the world. Experts say the country is now in the grip of a second wave after a sharp uptick in contagion numbers, and regions are again warning that intensive care units are filling rapidly. Five coronavirus "red zones" in Italy's north -- plus Calabria in the country's "toe" -- will shutter non-essential businesses, affecting 16 million people. IMAGES
Hundreds of people stand in line as they wait for food handouts outside a church in Everett, Massachusetts. With rising unemployment, due to the coronavirus, thousands in the state are struggling to buy food. Grace's Food Pantry at First Baptist Church in Everett, is handing out 70,000 pounds of food including canned goods, fresh vegetables and other food necessities. IMAGES
The Italian region of Lombardy, one of the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, starts conducting serological tests on people, aiming to detect antibodies against the novel coronavirus. Lombardy is betting that the science about "herd immunity" derived from the blood tests will help the prosperous industrial region return to work faster and safer. as Italy slowly eases its lockdown restrictions. IMAGES
Fed up with anti-Covid measures, Rome's business owners and restaurant workers protest on a square in the Italian capital. IMAGES
Covid-19 vaccinations are administered in Rome's Tor Vergata hospital, as Italy is set to receive 470,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine every week starting from Monday. Massimo Andreoni, head of infectious diseases department at the hospital, is among the first to get vaccinated. EU countries on Sunday embarked on a vaccination campaign hailed as the "key" to defeating Covid-19, as the growing spread of a new coronavirus variant intensified fears the pandemic could wreak further devastation. IMAGES
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