https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed As Italy’s new school year began, masks and hand sanitiser were distributed in schools and staff were asked to prevent gatherings to help stem an increase in Covid infections. https://www.thelocal.it/20230911/italys-schools-warned-to-avoid-gatherings-as-covid-cases-rise Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:48:32 +0200 italys-schools-warned-to-avoid-gatherings-as-covid-cases-rise Over three years after Covid self-isolation restrictions were first introduced, Italy looks set to remove its last remaining quarantine rules as health minister Orazio Schillaci described them as ‘largely unobserved’. https://www.thelocal.it/20230707/italy-to-scrap-last-remaining-covid-quarantine-rules Fri, 07 Jul 2023 13:22:02 +0200 italy-to-scrap-last-remaining-covid-quarantine-rules Former prime minister Giuseppe Conte and his health minister were not to blame for Covid deaths in northern Italy when the pandemic first broke out, an Italian court has ruled. https://www.thelocal.it/20230609/italys-ex-pm-and-health-minister-cleared-in-covid-investigation Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:55:50 +0200 italys-ex-pm-and-health-minister-cleared-in-covid-investigation Italy is blissfully free of Covid restrictions this summer - or is it? Here's what you need to know about the country's few remaining rules. https://www.thelocal.it/20230530/explained-has-italy-still-got-any-covid-rules-in-place Tue, 30 May 2023 15:20:15 +0200 explained-has-italy-still-got-any-covid-rules-in-place Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani defended the policy of testing all arrivals from China for Covid-19 after Beijing said the policy "lacks scientific basis". https://www.thelocal.it/20230103/not-offensive-italian-minister-defends-covid-testing-rule-for-china-arrivals Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:04:23 +0100 not-offensive-italian-minister-defends-covid-testing-rule-for-china-arrivals The Italian health ministry has warned of a likely increase in case numbers and confirmed that it was considering new restrictions within the country, after last week bringing in a testing requirement for all arrivals from China. https://www.thelocal.it/20230102/could-italy-bring-back-some-covid-health-measures Mon, 02 Jan 2023 13:04:36 +0100 could-italy-bring-back-some-covid-health-measures A meeting is scheduled for Wednesday in Brussels to discuss the latest Covid situation in China - so could this mark the return of vaccine passports and travel restrictions? https://www.thelocal.it/20230102/is-the-eu-likely-to-reinstate-covid-travel-restrictions Mon, 02 Jan 2023 11:53:22 +0100 is-the-eu-likely-to-reinstate-covid-travel-restrictions Italy's mandatory testing of visitors from China has not detected any new coronavirus variants, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday, as she called for coordinated EU-wide measures. https://www.thelocal.it/20221229/italy-pushes-for-eu-wide-china-covid-measures-as-testing-shows-no-new-variants Thu, 29 Dec 2022 15:54:28 +0100 italy-pushes-for-eu-wide-china-covid-measures-as-testing-shows-no-new-variants The Italian government has brought back coronavirus testing requirements for all passengers arriving from China. Here’s what this means and what could happen next. https://www.thelocal.it/20221229/why-has-italy-ordered-covid-tests-for-all-arrivals-from-china Thu, 29 Dec 2022 13:16:27 +0100 why-has-italy-ordered-covid-tests-for-all-arrivals-from-china The Italian government has laid out plans to relax the country's remaining Covid restrictions in a decree set to be approved between Christmas and New Year. https://www.thelocal.it/20221219/italy-prepares-to-relax-remaining-covid-rules Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:39:55 +0100 italy-prepares-to-relax-remaining-covid-rules Italian heathcare staff suspended over their refusal to be vaccinated against Covid-19 can now return to work, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni confirmed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20221031/italy-allows-suspended-anti-vax-doctors-to-return-to-work Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:58:17 +0100 italy-allows-suspended-anti-vax-doctors-to-return-to-work The new Italian government has announced the end of some remaining Covid health measures. Here's a look at what will - and won't - change. https://www.thelocal.it/20221031/is-italys-government-planning-to-scrap-all-covid-measures Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:36:56 +0100 is-italys-government-planning-to-scrap-all-covid-measures Italy's outgoing government is easing measures against coronavirus from Saturday despite an increase in cases, weeks before handing over to a far-right administration that has criticised the tough restrictions. https://www.thelocal.it/20221001/italy-eases-covid-measures-ahead-of-new-government Sat, 01 Oct 2022 14:56:37 +0200 italy-eases-covid-measures-ahead-of-new-government The isolation period for symptomatic Covid cases will be cut from seven days to five as Italy’s epidemiological situation improved again, according to an update from the health ministry on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20220901/italy-cuts-covid-isolation-period-as-infection-rate-falls-further Thu, 01 Sep 2022 12:18:16 +0200 italy-cuts-covid-isolation-period-as-infection-rate-falls-further After Italy's education ministry confirmed Covid vaccination and mask mandates in schools will not be renewed by September, here's a look at the health precautions in place as school restarts. https://www.thelocal.it/20220823/explained-what-are-italys-covid-rules-for-schools-in-september Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:37:07 +0200 explained-what-are-italys-covid-rules-for-schools-in-september Teaching staff who refused to get vaccinated against Covid-19 will be allowed back to work in the new school year, Italy's education ministry has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.it/20220822/covid-19-italys-unvaccinated-teachers-to-return-to-class-as-rules-ease Mon, 22 Aug 2022 19:20:07 +0200 covid-19-italys-unvaccinated-teachers-to-return-to-class-as-rules-ease The health ministry is reviewing its quarantine requirements as the country's Covid-19 health situation improved again this week, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20220729/will-italy-drop-its-covid-isolation-rule-as-the-infection-rate-falls Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:47:21 +0200 will-italy-drop-its-covid-isolation-rule-as-the-infection-rate-falls Italy has extended the availability of a second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot as infection rates surge across the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20220712/italy-approves-fourth-covid-vaccine-doses-for-over-60s Tue, 12 Jul 2022 12:38:52 +0200 italy-approves-fourth-covid-vaccine-doses-for-over-60s As Italy this week recorded its highest rate of Covid cases since February, what are the government’s plans to contain the spread? https://www.thelocal.it/20220711/fourth-jabs-and-isolation-italys-plan-to-control-covid-cases-this-summer Mon, 11 Jul 2022 19:30:02 +0200 fourth-jabs-and-isolation-italys-plan-to-control-covid-cases-this-summer Italy is a dream destination for many people, but the spike in Covid-19 cases this summer means visitors could still run into problems. Here is what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.it/20220706/what-tourists-in-italy-need-to-know-if-they-get-covid-19 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:29:07 +0200 what-tourists-in-italy-need-to-know-if-they-get-covid-19