Italy is set to require all public and private sector workers to have the covid Green Pass health certificate, with a new decree expected to be passed today.
Covid-19: Italy to limit crowds on first yellow zone weekend
05 Feb, 2021
Police aim to reduce crowds in Italian cities this weekend.
Rome and Milan have announced plans to try and prevent crowds from gathering on the first weekend since both cities became yellow zones under Italy s covid-19 rules.
Measures to reduce people gathering together will focus on city centre areas in yellow zones, whose status allows people to move freely within their regions.
Covid-19 in Italy: Vatican Museums reopen after 88 days
31 Jan, 2021
Vatican Museums will reopen on 1 February with advance booking required.The Vatican Museums, including the Sistine Chapel, will reopen their doors to the public from Monday 1 February after being closed for 88 days, the longest closure in the museums history since 1943 during world war two.
The Museums have been shut since 5 November, in line with the closure of Italy s museums amid tighter covid-19 restrictions.
Most museums and archaeological sites in Italy will reopen on 1 February as the country eases its coronavirus restrictions, reclassifying most regions from medium-risk orange zones to lower-risk yellow zones.
Covid-19: Italy s high school students demand return to classroom
11 Jan, 2021
Italy s education minister says that remote learning is not working any more.
Students and teachers of Italian high schools are protesting in Rome and elsewhere in Italy on 11 January to demand a safe return to the classroom and an end to distance learning.
Only three of Italy s 20 regions - Abruzzo, Tuscany and Valle d Aosta - will see their high school students return to class today, where 50 per cent of lessons will resume in the classroom.
Remote learning remains in place 100 per cent in all other regions whose leaders have chosen to postpone the reopening of their high schools to dates varying from 18 January to 1 February.