The Italian government has announced that the nightly curfew is to be phased out gradually over the next few weeks as the country continues to ease its covid-19 restrictions. The 22.00-05.00 curfew will be pushed back to 23.00 in Italy's moderate-risk 'yellow' zones from 18 May. The curfew will then be pushed back to midnight from 7 June before being scrapped entirely on 21 June.

Currently all of Italy is classified as yellow with the exception of Val d'Aosta which is a medium-risk 'orange' zone. Six regions are to enter the lowest-risk 'white' zone by the first week of June. There are currently no regions in the high-risk 'red' zone.