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Measure taken as precaution after teacher died in Biella day after receiving the vaccine. Piemonte, the north Italian region around Turin, has ordered the immediate suspension of a batch of the AstraZeneca covid-19 vacc...
Half of Italy becomes a 'red zone' from 15 March, just over a year after the country's first national covid-19 lockdown. The Italian government of Mario Draghi has declared that the highest level covid-19 restrictions w...
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Last-minute dash to hairdressers as people fill restaurants for last hurrah before lockdown. Rome's restaurants and bars are full today as friends and families gather to meet up for a last meal or aperitivo before the L...
Italy authorises Johnson & Johnson single-dose coronavirus vaccine hailed by the EU as "safe and effective."  Italy's medicines agency (AIFA) gave the green light to Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus v...
Schools, restaurants, shops and museums set to close in half of Italy from Monday as nation faces "new wave" of covid-19 and a second Easter under lockdown. Italy is to be split between high-risk red zones and medium-ri...
"Benefits outweigh risks" says the EMA which points out that there have been 30 cases of "thromboembolic events" among the five million Europeans who have received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Italian premier Mario D...
Italy's nationwide ban of a batch of AstraZeneca comes as several European nations suspend part or all of their roll-out of the covid-19 vaccine over blood-clotting fears. The Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) has issued...
Italy's health minister reports significant fall in covid-19 contagion levels among medical workers. Italy is to get around 50 million doses of covid-19 vaccines in the second quarter of this year, reaching a total of u...
Italian government expected to tighten covid-19 restrictions at weekends and over Easter. Italy is expected to introduce tighter covid-19 restrictions, based on the advice of the government's technical scientific commit...
Rome mayor announces free taxi scheme for over-80s travelling to receive covid vaccines in the capital. Rome residents aged over 80 who have to receive the covid-19 vaccine will be able to reach the vaccination centres...
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Italian president receives Moderna vaccine at the Spallanzani hospital. Italy's president Sergio Mattarella received his first dose of the covid-19 vaccine in Rome at midday today, 9 March. The head of state, who wil...
Passengers and staff to be tested before getting on high-speed trains. First there were the Alitalia covid-free flights between Rome and Milan airports. Now it is the turn of trains. Italy's first covid-free train wi...
Anniversary coincides with the prospect of new restrictions in Italy as well as some startling statistics: 3 million covid-19 cases and 100,000 deaths. On this day last year former Italian premier Giuseppe Conte made an...
Rome halts export of 250,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Australia in unprecedented move within EU. Italy has blocked the export of around 250,000 doses of the AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine to Australia after the drug m...
Italian companies discuss producing bulk active ingredient of covid-19 vaccines. 'Producing anti-covid vaccines in Italy from the autumn' was the topic of a meeting between industry minister Giancarlo Giorgetti and repr...
Italy's latest emergency decree, signed by premier Mario Draghi, extends most of the existing covid-19 restrictions and closes all schools in red zones or areas with high infection rates.Italy has issued a new emergency...
Free coronavirus screening for students of La Sapienza University in Rome. Rome university La Sapienza is offering free covid-19 screening tests to its students, thanks to the collaboration of the Lazio region and Polic...
Milan returns to orange zone while Sardinia becomes Italy's first white zone. Italy has tightened restrictions in five regions under the nation's colour-coded system of coronavirus measures, amid warnings from scientist...
Museums to reopen at weekends in Italy's yellow zones next month. Cinemas and theatres are set to reopen on 27 March in Italian regions classified as 'yellow zones' under the country's covid-19 restrictions, Italy's cul...
La Nuvola in Rome has capacity for more than 3,000 vaccinations a day. The Nuvola Convention Center in the EUR district of Rome has been transformed into the largest covid-19 vaccination centre in Italy. The vaccine...
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