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Italy reopens to tourists from Europe

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Italy reopened to travellers from Europe on Wednesday, three months after the country went into coronavirus lockdown, with all hopes pinned on reviving the key tourism industry as the summer season begins. Gondolas were ready to punt along Venice’s canals, lovers will be able to act out “Romeo

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Italy ends 10-week lockdown as shops, restaurants and cafes reopen

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2020 0

Italy took the biggest step towards a return to post-virus normality on Monday, with the resumption of most commercial activities as well as of religious services. “Going back to normality is a bit like relearning how to walk,” Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wrote in a letter to Leggo, a free newspaper. “One step at a […]

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Pope Francis celebrates as churches reopen in Italy

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2020 0

Saint Peter’s Basilica throws its doors open to visitors on Monday, marking a relative return to normality at the Vatican and beyond in Italy, where most business activity is set to resume. Public masses also resume throughout the predominantly Catholic country after a two-month hiatus, while restaurants, bars, cafes, shops and hairdressers, among other businesses, […]

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Italy minister blasts ‘avalanche of hatred’ towards freed aid worker

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2020 0

Italy Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on Saturday condemned the “avalanche of hatred” directed towards volunteer aid worker Silvia Romano, who returned home last week after a hostage ordeal that lasted a year and a half. The young woman is believed to have been abducted by Islamist terrorist militias in south-eastern Kenya in November 2018. […]

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Italy to allow unrestricted travel from EU countries from June 3

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2020 0

The Italian government on Friday night approved a decree which will allow free travel within Italy and from other European Union countries from June 3. The Italian cabinet approved a decree, proposed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Health Minister Roberto Speranza, which will see borders open to citizens from EU countries as well as […]

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Italian premier: There can be no ‘immediate return to normality’

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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte defends his government’s cautious lockdown exit plans, warning that bolder openings would pose a major public health risk. “I prefer to say it loud and clear, at the risk of appearing unpopular: The government cannot ensure an immediate return to the normality of our previous lives,” Conte tells parliament. Mentioning

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Italy’s daily COVID-19 cases stay steady

Ihesiulo Grace 29 April 2020 0

Italy’s day-to-day increase in new cases of COVID-19 is nearly the same as the previous day’s number. The health ministry said there were 2086 new cases in the 24-hour period ending Wednesday evening, compared to an increase of 2091 registered a day earlier. Italy’s overall total of known coronavirus infections now stands at 203,591. Italy […]

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Fugitive bear captured after 10 months in Northern Italy

Ihesiulo Grace 29 April 2020 0

Authorities in Northern Italy on Wednesday said a bear who had been on the run since July and targeted by shoot-to-kill orders had finally been captured. The bear, known as M49, disappeared into the wild after his first capture by park rangers, as he managed to climb over four fences, including one protected by high-voltage […]

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Italy’s schools to stay closed until September, prime minister says

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Schools in Italy will remain closed through the summer holidays and reopen in September, the prime minister said in an interview published on Sunday. Italy has been under lockdown for longer than any other Western nation, with the epidemic hitting its industrialized north hard. There have been more than 26,000 deaths and nearly 200,000 cases. […]

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Expert: Italy not ready to reopen amid ‘hidden iceberg’ of infections

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2020 0

Italy “is not ready” to end its coronavirus lockdown and its official contagion figures are significantly underestimated, a top virologist cautioned on Thursday. Dr Andrea Crisanti of the University of Padua is credited with helping the north-eastern Veneto region contain one of Italy’s first coronavirus clusters, in the small town of Vo. “The

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Italy reports lowest number of new coronavirus deaths in 3 weeks

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Over the past 24 hours, Italy recorded 431 coronavirus-related fatalities, the lowest daily death toll in three weeks, officials said on Sunday as the country celebrated a subdued Easter holiday. In total, 19,899 people have died in connection with Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus, the Civil Protection Agency in Rome said. The […]

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Trump orders U.S. to help Italy combat coronavirus crisis

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U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his government to give support to coronavirus-hit Italy, in a memorandum published late on Friday. “(Italy), one of our closest and oldest Allies, is being ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Trump wrote in the memo. Although the U.S. government’s “first and foremost responsibility is to the American people,” helping Italy […]

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Italy’s virus deaths fall but WHO says too soon to reopen the country

Ihesiulo Grace 9 April 2020 0

Italy’s daily death toll from the novel coronavirus epidemic fell to 542 on Wednesday, while a top public health official warned it was still too early to ease lockdown measures. It is only the second time in nearly three weeks that the daily death count has fallen under 600. On Tuesday it stood at 604, […]

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Italy maps out coronavirus recovery plan

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The Italian government is preparing a five-point plan for the controlled reopening of the country as its coronavirus epidemic abates, Health Minister, Roberto Speranza, said on Sunday. Italy has faced the most serious outbreak in Europe. Breaking: Nigeria confirms 224 cases of COVID-19 However, the contagion is slowing and there are signs of impatience and […]

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Italian football postpones talks about season and wage cuts

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2020 0

Italy’s footballers union (AIC) and Serie A clubs have postponed talks set for Monday regarding salary cuts and the future of the season, which is suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ANSA news agency quoted league sources as saying that the protracted duration of a previous meeting held by both parties led to the […]

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Coronavirus kills 51 Italian doctors

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The Italian Association of Doctors have confirmed the death of 51 doctors who all died after testing positive for coronavirus. The doctors succumbed to the disease as of Friday, according to CNN, citing the Italian Association of Doctors. COVID-19: Tricycles limited to one passenger in Plateau The death toll comes after Filippo Anelli, the president […]

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Italian town jubilant as 101-year-old man beats Covid-19

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2020 0

Italy, a country in the grip of the world’s worst novel coronavirus epidemic, celebrated on Thursday the remarkable recovery of 101-year-old man from the Covid-19.The man, identified only as Mr P, was hospitalized about a week ago, and discharged on Thursday after fighting off the virus, his town of Rimini said in a statement.According to […]

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Italy’s coronavirus cases rise, ending four-day positive streak

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2020 0

Italy on Thursday reported an uptick in new novel coronavirus infections, ending a four-day positive streak in which new cases had decreased. The country’s tally of active cases rose by 4,492 to 62,013, the Civil Protection Agency said in its bulletin. From Sunday to Wednesday, there fewer than 4,000 new cases each day. The nationwide […]

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Italy’s Covid-19 death toll up by nearly 20% to 4,032

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Italy’s death toll from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, on Friday rose to 4,032, in a 18.4-per-cent increase from Thursday.In its daily bulletin, the Italian Civil Protection Agency also reports that the total number of contagions is up by almost 15 per cent to 47,021. Read also: AfD leaders discuss possible dissolution […]

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Coronavirus: Italy leads China in death rate

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2020 0

Coronavirus has killed more people in Italy than in any other country, after deaths there rose by 427 in a day. The number of deaths now stands at 3,405, which is more than in China where the virus originated last year. READ ALSO: WHO: Coronavirus may spread further in Africa with onset of winter There […]