Italy's government on Sunday night blocked ski resorts from reopening, the day before skiing was due to be allowed for the first time this winter season due to coronavirus restrictions.
Health experts warned on Thursday of new coronavirus variants beginning to circulate in Italy, as authorities pinpointed an outbreak of a UK strain in a northern town.
The Italian prime minister has announced coronavirus restrictions to continue until March under the latest emergency decree, which comes into force on January 16th.
Italy has joined Belgium and the Netherlands in stopping flights from the UK, as the British government warned that a potent new strain of the virus was "out of control".
Italy will be placed under nationwide measures from Monday, December 21st, prime minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Friday night, amid fears of a coronavirus ‘third wave’.
Italy on Thursday recorded its highest daily death toll from Covid-19 with 993 fatalities in the last 24 hours, despite a downward trend in infection rates.
Skirmishes between police and protestors in Florence and other Italian cities are due to "violent fringe elements" seeking to exploit the coronavirus emergency, the country's interior minister said on Saturday.
Italy reported over 10,000 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, its highest ever daily toll, as the country braces for the new wave of infections sweeping Europe.
People living outside of Europe can now travel to visit their partners in Italy, as Italian government has signed off on an exemption to the travel rules.
One of Italy's leading government health experts insisted on Monday that school reopenings must go ahead as planned in September - though more businesses may have to close "if people do not follow the rules".
The rules on travelling to Italy keep changing, and some of them are different from the rest of Europe. Here's what people hoping to reach Italy from the US need to know.
