Italy takes another step towards normality as people can once again drink coffee at the bar. Italy's restaurants and bars can open for indoor service as well as outdoors from 1 June, in another step towards normality as the country winds down its covid-19 restrictions. The move means that customers can once again take their coffee at the bar or eat lunch and dinner indoors following the easing of restrictions in place since mid-March.

Customers are still obliged to wear masks when not seated, or consuming food or drink, and social distancing measures between tables remain in place. Bars and restaurants with outdoor seating reopened to customers in moderate-risk 'yellow zones' on 26 April, reopening fully yesterday in three regions declared 'white zones' under Italy's colour-coded system of coronavirus rules.