Italy's prime minister has signed a decree to enforce a nationwide night curfew from 10pm tomorrow to stop the resurgence of coronavirus, it is being reported.
Giuseppe Conte is expected to detail other anti-virus measures, such as shutting shopping centres at the weekend and also museums, in a new programme of restrictions that will last until 3 December.
Tougher curbs could also be imposed in the hardest-hit areas under a new three-tier system that divides Italy's 20 regions into either red, orange or green, with red being the highest risk.
Italy was the first European country to be hit by coronavirus and has so far recorded more than 39,400 deaths, and almost 760,000 cases.
Infections have surged in recent weeks, particularly in the northern region of Lombardy that includes Milan, and health experts have called for the kind of national shutdown adopted by Ireland, France and England.
But the first lockdown was devastating for the Italian economy and the new decree was only agreed after long discussions between Mr Conte's government and regional leaders.
The curfew will run until 5am, with 60 million Italians only allowed out for work or health reasons, according to the media reports.
Bars and restaurants already close at 6pm under measures introduced late last month, a move that sparked a series of small but sometimes violent protests.
Secondary schools, which were already running most classes online, will reportedly switch to total distance learning, although younger children will still be allowed to go to school.
The number of passengers on public transport will also be halved.
The health ministry will decide which regions will be classed as red, orange and green based on a number of factors, including rates of infection and occupancy of hospital beds.
Hungary, meanwhile, has reported 4,219 new cases of coronavirus today, its highest single-day tally so far with new infections topping 4,000 for the first time.
The daily death toll also rose to a record high of 90.
The total death toll rose to 2,063 and the number of patients treated in hospitals rose to 4,871, with 355 people on ventilators.
Russia's daily tally of new coronavirus cases also surged to a record high of 19,768, including 5,826 in Moscow, taking the national tally to 1,693,454 since the pandemic began.
Authorities also reported 389 deaths in the last 24 hours, a record high that pushed the official death toll to 29,217.
The number of confirmed cases in Germany increased by 17,214, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed.
Meanwhile, coronavirus infections rose by 10,073 in a day, data from Swiss health authorities shows, as the Alpine country is trying to slow the spread of Covid-19.
The total confirmed cases in Switzerland and tiny neighbouring principality Liechtenstein increased to 192,376 and the death toll rose by 73 to 2,275.
