Italians love going to the beach. For many, summer vacation is synonymous with a beach vacation, two/three weeks at a time, and even on weekends, day trips to the seaside are pretty much the norm. 

So the question of whether Italians will be able to go to the beach this summer has been debated for a while, with initial talks about the possibility of installing plexiglass booths being dismissed as unfeasible, when not downright ridiculous ('who would go to the beach to be caged in a sort of greenhouse?' the question was).