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DARK MODE
The Omicron wave is showing signs of subsiding as the Italian government takes further measures aimed at protecting citizens.
Tuscany became a “yellow zone” on Monday, January 10 due to the high number of Covid patients now in hospitals across the region (18% capacity on ordinary wards and 17% ...
New Covid-19 rules have been announced by the Italian government due to an exponential rise in Omicron cases (28 per cent of the 44,000 new cases). 1. Masks ...
Many countries require a negative Covid-19 test result to travel. Check your country’s own travel advice before setting out. Here is a list of places that provide fit-for-travel Covid-19 testing ...
Florence has introduced regulations for mask wearing and pedestrian flow over the Christmas holidays in order to keep infection numbers low this winter. Masks must be worn in ...
On September 1, Italy will extend its “green pass” rules to trains, planes and schools. How to get your Green Pass in Italy As from this date, persons ...
Italy’s Green Pass system will come into effect on August 6, requiring the EU Digital Covid Certificate to be shown to access certain non-essential services, such as eating indoors and ...
A technicality is preventing countless foreigners in Tuscany from securing a Covid-19 vaccine. Despite the presence of the “Non iscritti SSN” (persons unregistered with the national health service) ...
Italy’s Green Pass system will come into effect on August 6, requiring the EU Digital Covid certificate to be shown to access certain non-essential services, such as eating inside in ...
As I write this, Tuscany is two days in the bianco, that is, as a white zone. There’s good news for the boys in bianco too, as England have just ...
As Tuscany’s hospitals begin to close Covid-19 wards, the vaccination effort is being taken to another level. The over-60s can now receive a single shot of Janssen – Johnson & ...
Over a third of Italians have now received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and almost one-sixth of the country’s population has been fully vaccinated. With these numbers in ...
“We can look to the future with prudent optimism and confidence,” states Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
Moving to Italy in the midst of a pandemic is not an eventuality anyone prepares for. Mulling over whether I needed two different types of leather ...
As consumers, we have done without restaurants for the best part of a year, save for a few months last summer and a brief burst of freedom in January. We ...
It’s the spring of 2030, 08:00 on a sunny Wednesday morning, and you’ve stopped by an elegant café on a pedestrianised section of the lungarno near the Ponte alle Grazie. ...
On Sunday, February 14, Tuscany will return to “orange” zone status after five weeks of relative freedom in the region. These measures will definitely remain in place until February 21. ...
This year’s pandemic has left governments and journalists scrambling to find the right words to communicate unprecedented situations. The term “social distancing”, now largely ditched in favour of the more ...
Additional restrictions are being introduced in Italy over the Christmas period in an attempt to ward off a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. A nationwide lockdown will be ...
At midnight on Saturday, December 5, Tuscany will return to “orange” zone status, the category that indicates a medium-high risk of infection from Covid-19. Closures ...
The months spent at home have inspired creativity as Florence’s publishing houses, graphic design studios and bookstores devise unique books, games and gifts to mark these particular times. Here’s ...
Read the revised Covid-19 rules for Christmas in Italy here. New Covid-19 rules will apply throughout Italy for Christmas, starting December 4, in an effort to avoid a ...
Fundraising, festive hampers and volunteering to assist those in need this Christmas.
On Sunday, November 15, Tuscany will become a “red” zone, which is effectively a lockdown situation similar to the spring, although infant, primary and the first year of middle school ...
