Coronavirus in Italy
Travel between Italy's regions remains prohibited until the spring.
Italy has banned inter-regional travel until 27 March after the government of premier Mario Draghi extended an existing ban that was due to expire this...
Italy marks first national day in honour of healthcare workers.
Italian president Sergio Mattarella has led tributes to Italy’s doctors, nurses and healthcare workers as the nation marks one year since covid-19 was dete...
Rome and Milan remain in the lower-risk yellow zone.
The regions of Campania (Naples), Emilia Romagna and Molise face tougher covid-19 restrictions from 21 February as they pass from lower-risk 'yellow zones' to medium-...
First time the rare covid-19 variant has been detected in Italy.
A new, rare variant of the covid-19 virus has been detected in the southern Italian city of Naples, in the first known case in Italy of the "B. 1. 525" st...
Symptoms, vaccines and peril of the English Variant: some common questions answered
According to a study, it is 30 to 50% more contagious and has a 30 to 70% higher mortality rate. From symptoms to vaccines, here are s...
Sardinia governor proposes that visitors to island should be required to show vaccine certificate.
"Whoever enters Sardinia will have to present a certificate showing they have test negative [for covid-19] or that they...
Tour guides and visitors complain of over-crowding at the Vatican Museums.
The Vatican Museums, which reopened on 1 February after three months of closure due to covid-19 restrictions, face criticism due to alleged over...
Covid-19 vaccine hub opens at Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.
The Lazio region has opened a covid-19 vaccination hub at Rome's Auditorium Parco della Musica to administer vaccines to people aged over 80.
The 750...
Crisanti adds his voice to Ricciardi in calling for covid-19 lockdown in Italy.
“We should have had the lockdown in December, preventing all this, and now we are in trouble," Andrea Crisanti, a leading virologist and co...
Lockdown in Italy should be immediate and nationwide says top government health advisor.
Italy requires an "immediate total lockdown" on a nationwide level, according to Walter Ricciardi, a senior coronavirus advisor to...
Ski slopes in Italy's covid-19 'yellow zones' were due to reopen on 15 February.
Italy's ski slopes are to remain shut until 5 March, due to covid-19, following an order signed by the newly-reappointed health minister R...
Abruzzo, Liguria, Tuscany, Trento declared orange zones under Italy's covid-19 restrictions.
Florence mayor Dario Nardella has called on the newly-installed government of premier Mario Draghi to keep Italy's museums ope...
Last decree by outgoing Conte government.
Italy has extended the travel ban between regions until 25 February as part of nationwide measures to curb covid-19.
The decree - the last by the outgoing government of Giuse...
Some doctors refuse AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine at Rome airport hub, alleging they were promised Pfizer instead.
The Lazio region launched a major vaccination hub at Rome's Fiumicino airport yesterday and began adminis...
Italy starts giving AstraZeneca covid vaccine at Rome airport.
Rome's Fiumicino airport launched a major hub for covid-19 vaccinations today, 11 February, with the capacity to administer 3,000 vaccines per day.
There...
Perugia in Red Zone as cases of the Brazilian variant of covid rise: Fear that the “third wave will begin here”
Deserted roads, closed stores and empty classrooms, from kindergarten to high school: parts of Umbria have...
It's a full house at Hotel Marco Polo but the guests aren't here to see Rome's tourist attractions.
One hotel near Rome's central Termini train station is full, despite the crisis caused by the covid-19 pandemic, howeve...
Rome nurses in coronavirus ward sing "Happy Birthday" to 81-year-old Ferruccio.
Nurses at Rome's Spallanzani hospital for infectious diseases celebrated the birthday of an elderly patient being treated for covid-19, in...
Sardinia moves back to yellow zone as Alto Adige imposes three-week lockdown.
Alto Adige in northern Italy will be put under a lockdown from 8 February amid high numbers of covid-19 cases, including the first detected c...
Gap between births and deaths in Italy widened further in 2020.
Italy recorded around 400,000 births in 2020 (down from 420,000 in 2019) and 700,000 deaths (up from 647,000 compared to the year before), the widest gap s...
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