Sources: ANSA
The Italian government signs a decree that will ban people who are not vaccinated or who have not recovered from COVID-19 from entering indoor venues (not including workplaces) from December 6 until January 15 and will also extend the vaccine mandate to teachers, police, and the military beginning on December 15. It also imposes the use of the "green pass" to all types of public transport, including for people with negative COVID-19 tests. 2021-11-24
Iraq receives a shipment of 100,800 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by Italy through the COVAX initiative. 2021-09-12
Italy suspends the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in people under the age of 60 nationwide following the death of an 18-year-old girl yesterday and reports of other young people who have been hospitalized in critical condition after receiving their first dose of the vaccine. The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines will be used for the vaccination of people under the age of 60, including for people who already received a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. 2021-06-11
Italy surpasses one million total COVID-19 cases, becoming the third country in the European Union to surpass that milestone. In addition, the country also reports 623 new deaths, the highest single-day total since April 6. 2020-11-11
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
Italy registers 8,804 new infections in the past 24 hours, according to the health ministry, a new record for the second consecutive day since the start of the outbreak in the country. 2020-10-15
The number of virus-related deaths in Italy rise to 366, while the confirmed cases are 7,375. 2020-03-8
Italy confirms that a 78-year-old man in Padua, Veneto, and a woman in her 70s in Codogno, Lombardy, have died after contracting the virus. They are the first two coronavirus deaths in Italy. 2020-02-22