Green Pass expected to be used to enter night clubs in Italy.

Italy's nightclubs will be able to reopen by 10 July, after an extended closure under the country's covid-19 restrictions, the health undersecretary Andrea Costa said on Tuesday.

Costa told RTL 102.5 radio that a date when nightclubs can get back to business will be given "this week," adding that politicians are "duty-bound" to give certainty to the hard-hit sector.

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Costa also said that entry to night clubs would likely be linked to the Green Pass certificate, which shows that a person has been vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from covid-19.

The imminent reopening of Italy's night clubs, reported by Italian news agency ANSA, comes as the country scraps its curfew and the obligation to wear masks outdoors.

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However the reopening of discos - the last sector closed under Italy's covid restrictions - is a source of division in the government coalition.

The right-wing Lega leader Matteo Salvini is pushing for night clubs to be reopened on 1 July while health minister Roberto Speranza says he will follow the guidelines from the government's technical scientific committee (CTS).

For official information relating to the covid-19 situation in Italy - in English - see the health ministry website.