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Italy was ravaged by Covid-19 in the early stages of the pandemic but as infections and hospitalisation rates decreased in recent months, restrictions are being relaxed. Face masks became obligatory in October 2020 as the country entered a second wave. However, the government has been slowly lifting restrictions since April and Italian towns and ci...

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"What blessed mornings I spent at the Colosseum, lost in some corner of those immense ruins!" This is how the French writer Stendhal recounted his experience as a visitor to the most famous Italian monuments in his book ‘Walks in Rome’, published in 1829. It's an experience that visitors can now relive, with Italian museums reopening at the end of...

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As Italy gets reacquainted with tourism after the pandemic, the country's biggest destinations have had a chance to rethink the way things are done. American writer Mark Hinshaw in Italy's Marche region looks at how the industry could become more responsible and sustainable, and at what's already changing. Yesterday we ate in a nice restaurant. Eig...

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Health Minister Roberto Speranza on Friday signed an ordinance putting thr whole country, except for the northern region of Valle d’Aosta, into the low-restriction ‘white zone’. The ministry reviewed regional restrictions following the findings of the latest health data report publushed on Friday, which showed that the rate of new infections in the...

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Italy has introduced new restrictions for travellers arriving from the UK where cases of the highly contagious Delta covid-19 variant are rising. Those arriving in Italy from the UK will be required to undergo compulsory five-day quarantine on arrival, and covid-19 testing, under the new measures signed today by Italian health minister Roberto Sper...

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Italy's premier Mario Draghi has signed a new decree launching the national digital green certificate website for people who have been vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from covid-19. The 'Green Pass' certificate is designed to facilitate travel, allow people to participate in large events and provide visiting access to nursing homes. The Ce...

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Codogno has declared itself 'covid-free' for the first time since 20 February 2020, when the small town in the northern Italian region of Lombardy became the epicentre of Italy's coronavirus outbreak. The news, based on the daily update from local health agency ATS, was announced last night by Codogno mayor Francesco Passerini who described it as a...

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When Italy announced they would open up their borders for leisure travel to American tourists, I got on my laptop and booked a flight to Rome. It has been over a year since I visited Italy and I jumped at the opportunity of seeing the country without crowds of tourists. Yes, I had to take some extra steps, but for me it was well worth it! What Are...

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As Italy’s coronavirus vaccination campaign continues to make progress, Italian media reports that the country plans on giving second doses to tourists this summer. But is that really going to happen - and who would it apply to? Here's a closer look. Some half a million vaccine doses are now being administered in Italy every day. But for those gett...

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Italy has performed the world's first heart transplants from COVID-positive donors to virus-negative recipients in Bologna and Rome, sources said Thursday. A 64-year-old man got a new heart at Bologna's Sant'Orsola Hospital and a 15-year-old boy received one at Rome's Bambino Gesù Hospital. The recipients did not get COVID after the transplants, ho...

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