Local police officers check the entrances to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele for any gatherings due to shopping, amid the second wave of the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic, in Milan, Italy, 05 December 2020. Italian government on 03 December passed a strict package of restrictions aimed at stopping the festive season fuelling a third wave of COVID-19 contagion. The package includes a ban on travelling between regions between 21 December and 6 January and a ban on moving outside one's home town on Christmas Day, St Stephen's Day and New Year's Day. The government has also maintained the current night curfew, with people not allowed out of their homes from 10pm until 5am, except for work or health reasons or other urgent situations. ANSA/ PAOLO SALMOIRAGO