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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Italian court throws out case alleging early pandemic mismanagement by ex-premier, ex-minister

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A special Italian court has shut down a probe into whether the country's former premier and former health minister caused unnecessary deaths by failing to extend a lockdown zone in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Court of Ministers in Brescia threw out the case against ex-Premier Giuseppe Conte and ex-Health Minister Roberto Speranza on Wednesday.

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