(ANSA) – ROME, DEC 31 – Deputy Health Minister Sandra Zampa said on Thursday she believes all of Italy will return to the yellow zone of low COVID risk on January 7, from the current festive red zone.

“I don’t know exactly the data from all regions but because it is better I think so,” said Zampa to Affaritaliani.it.

But he added: “we cannot rule out a new red zone, it will depend on the progress of the data”.

On January 7, he said, Italy would return to a three-color, three-tiered system, yellow, orange and red, but almost all countries are expected to be yellow. (ANSA).