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Italy set to end ban on firing workers

The Italian government is likely to end the ban of firing industrial workers, a policy that has been in place since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The move is seen as a bid to revive the economy, which had contracted as much as 9 per cent in 2020. The strategic shift in the policy comes as the country reached a key milestone this week, surpassing 50 million administered doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Italy, which has a population of about 60 million, aims to have 80 per cent of residents fully inoculated by