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 Masks will no longer be required in the workplace but Italian companies will have the right to impose restrictions for employees deemed "at risk". https://www.thelocal.it/20220701/italy-lifts-mask-mandate-for-private-sector-workers Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:41:55 +0200 italy-lifts-mask-mandate-for-private-sector-workers The mandatory EU-wide mask requirement for air travel is set to be dropped from Monday, May 16th, but airlines may still require passengers to wear masks on some or all flights https://www.thelocal.it/20220511/face-mask-rule-on-flights-in-europe-set-to-be-eased Wed, 11 May 2022 18:17:55 +0200 face-mask-rule-on-flights-in-europe-set-to-be-eased As Italy moves toward the next phase of reopening and relaxing its coronavirus rules, the government is looking at whether face masks should remain mandatory in outdoor public places. https://www.thelocal.it/20210510/will-italy-relax-the-covid-mask-wearing-rules-this-summer Mon, 10 May 2021 11:07:48 +0200 will-italy-relax-the-covid-mask-wearing-rules-this-summer Face masks are now compulsory in Italy everywhere in public, even outdoors, and the maximum penalty for failing to wear one has been hiked to 1,000 euros. https://www.thelocal.it/20201007/italy-fines-1000-euros-face-masks-outdoors-in-public Wed, 07 Oct 2020 13:01:20 +0200 italy-fines-1000-euros-face-masks-outdoors-in-public Wearing a face mask outside in Italy looks set to become obligatory at all times of the day - in all parts of the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20201006/italy-set-to-make-face-masks-obligatory-outdoors Tue, 06 Oct 2020 17:57:19 +0200 italy-set-to-make-face-masks-obligatory-outdoors With several parts of Italy tightening the local rules on face masks, it's no longer just indoors that you might have to cover your face. (This article was updated on October 2nd) https://www.thelocal.it/20200925/where-and-when-do-you-have-to-wear-a-mask-outdoors-in-italy Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:52:17 +0200 where-and-when-do-you-have-to-wear-a-mask-outdoors-in-italy The southern Italian region of Campania has ordered people to wear face masks anytime they're in public, even outdoors, after a rise in new cases of coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.it/20200924/genoa-makes-face-masks-compulsory-in-public-24-hours-a-day Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:23:43 +0200 genoa-makes-face-masks-compulsory-in-public-24-hours-a-day Italy's new emergency decree sets out how the country will continue fighting the coronavirus in the months to come. Here are the most important measures you need to know about. https://www.thelocal.it/20200810/italy-new-emergency-decree-august Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:10:41 +0200 italy-new-emergency-decree-august Face masks became mandatory in Germany at the end of April, but how effective are they? A new study highlighting the eastern city of Jena sheds some light on the controversial measure. https://www.thelocal.it/20200709/how-face-masks-have-helped-slow-down-the-spread-of-coronavirus-in-germany Thu, 09 Jul 2020 17:26:31 +0200 how-face-masks-have-helped-slow-down-the-spread-of-coronavirus-in-germany So you have to wear a mask to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus? Wondering how to chose one? Or if it will slip off, or be suffocating? https://www.thelocal.it/20200514/how-to-wear-your-coronavirus-face-mask Thu, 14 May 2020 13:18:37 +0200 how-to-wear-your-coronavirus-face-mask