The Italian government of premier Mario Draghi on Wednesday approved Italy's latest emergency coronavirus decree providing a roapmap for the significant "reopening" of the country from Monday 26 April. Under the new decree, valid until 31 July, the existing nightly curfew of 22.00 will be retained until at least 1 June after which it will be assessed, based on covid-19 contagion rates, whether to move it to 23.00 or eliminate it entirely.

The curfew has caused friction within the government coalition, with the right-wing Lega party led by Matteo Salvini abstaining from voting on that part of the decree after Draghi overruled its calls for the curfew to be moved to 23.00.