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MAP: Which zone is your region in under Italy's coronavirus rules?

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The Local Italy - [email protected] • 15 May, 2021 Updated Sat 15 May 2021 11:08 CEST
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People have lunch on the forecourt of a restaurant in front the Colisseum in downtown Rome on April 26, 2021. - Bars, restaurants, cinemas and concert halls will partially reopen across Italy on April 26, 2021, in a boost for coronavirus-hit businesses, as parliament debates the government's 220-billion-euro ($266-billion) EU-funded recovery plan. After months of stop-start restrictions imposed to manage its second and third waves of Covid-19, Italy hopes this latest easing will mark the start of something like a normal summer. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Find out the latest on where restrictions are easing and where they are the tightest at the moment under varying regional rules.

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This article was last updated on May 15th

After the health ministry's latest update to Italy's regional coronavirus restrictions from Monday, only one region, Valle d'Aosta remains under tighter 'orange' zone rules and there are no 'red' zones.

Italy began easing its Covid containment measures from April 26th with the reintroduction of lower-risk 'yellow' zones, where restrictions on travel are relaxed and many businesses have reopened.

This means that, from Monday May 17th, the zone classifications are as follows:

Red zone: No regions.

Orange zone: Valle d'Aosta.

Yellow zone: All other regions.

White zone: no regions

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Note that in addition to the regional classifications, many towns and provinces may declare their own additional restrictions.

EXPLAINED: What are the rules in Italy’s ‘orange zones’?

What is allowed again in yellow zones?

After weeks of being limited to takeaways and deliveries only, Sicily and Sardinia will be allowed to join the rest of Italy in lifting many of the coronavirus restrictions. Like the other yellow zone regions, restaurants will be able to serve customers at outdoor tables.

Restrictions on non-essential travel between regions in yellow zones have also been dropped.

It's now also possible to travel to and from higher-risk regions using a new travel 'immunity' pass.

A 10pm-5am curfew remains in place nationwide.

Find out where to get the latest information for your local area here.

Please note The Local is not able to advise on specific situations.  For more information on the restrictions please see the Italian Health Ministry’s website (in English).

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flygdram 2021/04/27 15:40
Moderna is made in "Cambridge" but not the English one the USA!!!! Moderna has only been approved in the UK this month,April and first deliveries have arrived. Look to the EU and USA administrations for blame as to slow roll out in Italy..... Get the facts right please, including the fake new about Astra Zenica (some of which is made in Italy!).
info_465123 2021/04/25 16:11
Italy ordered from the start enough vaccines to cover its population 3x over. The EU spent billions on funding the development of the vaccines. Why are there no vaccines? The EU placed its order and signed the contract with Modern prior to the UK signing, but since Moderna is produced in the UK they kept all the vaccines there for the most part. Pfizer also defaulted on its contractual obligations and delivered far fewer vaccines than it should have. Then there has been the pull back from Astra Zeneca and Johnson & Johnson, and the country is simply left with a significant shortage. But, do read this clearly -- this is not due to their lack of funding the vaccines, ordering them, or paying for them. This is due to the UK and the USA hoarding them. The lack of vaccines is devastating to those who should be in school and to the economy. Europe needs to think twice about how its allies have hung them out to dry. There is a massive economic plan for recovery, you merely need to search for it, it is readily findable on the internet. They can't really role it out can they without getting people vaccinated and back to work. So once again, we are back to the vaccine shortage that the UK and USA are directly responsible for (the EU has taken Moderna and Pfizer to court). To answer your question as to why they are not getting the vaccines out and taking so long to vaccinate people, it is simply because the vaccines are not here.
sharpinvestor 2021/04/19 19:59
It's a mess in Italy. I don't live there, but my significant other does. I spent 3 month in the northeast side, and it's a nightmare, even from a tourist perspective. You must keep up to date of the rules, which constantly change, and towns are DEAD. Luckily, this year it's picking up. But the lack of tourism (AKA ingress) is KILLING towns and jobs. It's a disaster. Even AirBnBs are shutting down (never thought that would happen).... The bottomline is they gotta get the vaccines out, and the haven't! Why is it taking so long to vaccinate people? And I'm not even talking about the general population, I"m speaking of the elderly and older folks. It's a mess. It will take YEARS for Italy to recover. Everyday I was there, I watched Notizie Regionale (regional news), and the talks of vaccine/covid was constant. My question to my in-laws was "What's the economic action plan to recover from the pandemic?".....silence all around the table.... That's my biggest fear. The government has no idea... At least the 1 euro houses are selling.....
rhonda.wilkinson 2021/04/17 08:41
This article, MAP: Which zone is your region in under Italy’s coronavirus restrictions? has an error. The map of red zones is correct but the list includes Calabria and should say Campania. Otherwise very informative as always, thanks!
kikifleming99 2021/04/15 10:38
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