The Italian government's decision to allow travel between Italy's regions from June 3rd is not without risk as the coronavirus pandemic is still ongoing, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Monday.
The Italian government has confirmed that unrestricted travel between regions can restart from Wednesday June 3rd as planned, with health experts urging caution.
One of Italy's top health experts has suggested Italy's regions may be fudging the infection data to avoid having to shut down again, sparking a furious row as the country prepares to restart travel from June 3rd.
The northern Italian regions of Lombardy, Liguria, and Piedmont are not ready to safely remove travel restrictions on June 3rd, according to a new study by GIMBE, Italy's Group for Evidence-based Medicine.
Ahead of the Colosseum and Pompeii, the towering Greek temple complex at Paestum near Naples is the first Italian archaeological site to reopen to tourists after the coronavirus lockdown.
When will gyms reopen, are schools restarting, and when can we go for a swim? Here are the key dates in 'phase two' of Italy's coronavirus lockdown. This article was last updated on May 25th.
Amid concerns that Italy's lockdown restrictions are being lifted too quickly, The Local asked one of Italy's top health experts just how safe the reopenings really are.
People can "probably" travel freely around Italy again from June 3rd, depending on regional risk, Italy's Regional Affairs Minister Francesco Boccia has said.
Regional governments will be allowed to reopen bars, restaurants, hairdressers, barbers and beauty parlours to open from Monday, May 18th after the national government gave local authorities the go-ahead on Monday morning.
Life in Italy under phase two turns out to be much as it was before lockdown - but with added stress, and few positives for the moment, writes Clare Speak from Bari in southern Italy.
Milan is a coronavirus time "bomb" at risk of a new wave of contagion, an Italian virologist has warned, with "a very high number of infected people" now moving around.
Just as traffic got moving again in Italy on Monday, May 4th, many city roads across the country ground to a standstill again due to tailbacks as people rushed to pick up a McDonald's for the first time in months.
After Italian shopkeepers and business owners protested in cities across Italy this week, the government is considering allowing reopenings sooner than planned.
As some rules were sligtly relaxed in Italy from the start of this week, Italians started getting back outdoors and back to work. Here's a selection of images showing life around the country under "phase two" of its lockdown.
Italy has begun relaxing some of its strict lockdown rules, but most restrictions on travel - both international and domestic - remain in place. Here's what you need to know.
As Italy began to slowly relax its quarantine restrictions on Monday, there was still plenty of confusion about what exactly had changed. Here's what we know.
