Sources: The Irish Times
The Italian Health ministry recommends that severely immunocompromised people should receive a fourth dose of the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine at least 120 days after receiving their previous booster. 2022-02-20
Italy lifts its outdoor mask mandate and reopens nightclubs as the number of COVID-19 cases declines. 2022-02-11
Italy expands the mandatory usage of "Green Pass" health certificates to some forms of public transport, including long-distance trains, domestic flights and ferries. The pass is now also mandatory for school and university staff, as well as university students. 2021-09-1
The Italian Ministry of Health announces that beginning from August 31, fully vaccinated British travellers will be able to scrap the five-day self-quarantine if they show a proof of negative PCR and Antigen test in the previous 48 hours and must have been at least 14 days after receiving a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-08-28
Italy raises the age limit for Oxford–AstraZeneca's vaccine to 65 years old from previously 55. 2021-02-23
Italy reports 11,705 new infections in the past 24 hours, the highest number in a single day yet since the outbreak started in February. 2020-10-18
The number of people who tested positive in Italy jumps to 86,498, while the death toll rose to 9,134. Italy is the country with the highest death toll in the world and second for number of cases. 2020-03-27
In Italy, the military is deployed to the city of Bergamo, Lombardy, the Italian city worst hit by COVID-19, to collect and transport the bodies of dead residents to crematoriums in other cities, as Bergamo’s authorities say their facilities can no longer process the large number of fatalities. The city's mayor Giorgio Gori says the true number of dead could be much higher than what's been reported. 2020-03-19
The number of confirmed cases in Italy rose to 9,172, while the death toll rose to 463. 2020-03-9
The U.S. announces new travel restrictions to Iran and increased warnings against traveling to South Korea and Italy. 2020-02-29