Wood is burning again in Naples’ world-famous pizza ovens. Pizza businesses reopened this week in the birthplace of pizza, after two months of coronavirus restrictions. For now, they are only open for home delivery. Pizzerias in Rome and other Italian cities were permitted to operate for take-out and delivery service during Italy’s national lockdown. But, pizzerias in Naples closed because officials feared the virus could spread very quickly in such a crowded city. The leader of the surrounding Campania area, Vincenzo De Luca, put extreme lockdown measures in place. He did so in part because he knew Campania’s hospitals would not be able to deal with a huge increase in patients. The region has seen a less severe outbreak of COVID-19, the disease the virus causes, than some other regions in Italy. This week, De Luca lifted bans on pizza deliveries as well as home deliveries from restaurants, ice cream stores, bars and some other food and drink businesses.
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Pizzerias in Naples were shut down because of fear the regions hospitals would not be able to deal with a huge increase in patients.
would not be able to deal with a huge increase in patients
did not accept residents of Naples
would be having parties instead of treating patients
were all closed