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Updated May, 16, 2021: With the EU preparing to let qualified visitors from outside the bloc visit for leisure travel, as reported in The New York Times, and Italy announcing a “green pass” to roll out starting in mid-May (travelers from the U.S. should get the go-ahead in June, according to The Local, although American holiday visitors may enter I...

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Nowhere has this been more apparent than in Italy, the first country in Europe to be overwhelmed by the virus in 2020 - and one of the first to impose a national lockdown. On International Nurses Day, healthcare workers there who spoke to the BBC at the start of the pandemic explain how they found ways to cope with the trauma of the last year. "I...

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Si presenta in Provincia per firmare l’accordo per l’integrazione della comunità americana con quella vicentina con una mascherina d’ordinanza nera sulla quale è scritto Forza G. C. In rosso e in italiano. Daniel J. Vogel, capelli rossicci che tradiscono le origini irlandesi da parte di madre, cognome che rivela le origini bavaresi del bisnonno emi...

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The wait is over to seek la dolce vita—leisure travelers from the United States can now travel to Italy. Starting on May 16, Delta Air Lines is making its quarantine-free flights to Rome and Milan available to all customers who submit to the COVID-19 testing requirements. Delta made the announcement on May 14, following a decree issued by the Itali...

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Over-40s – anyone born in or before 1981 – are the next cohort able to register for a jab in several more Italian regions and autonomous provinces from Monday May 17th. In a letter to regional health authorities on Wednesday, Figliuolo has given regions the green light to move down to the next priority group, just a week after instructing them to o...

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The St. James Italian Festival has again been canceled due to COVID-19. “Unfortunately, this year we’re not going to be able to do it either,” said Deacon Mike Lennon of St. James Church. “This is the second year in a row, but hopefully we’ll be back on track next year.” Time is a factor in putting together the annual July festival. It would be dif...

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The antibodies were present “regardless of the severity of the illness, the age of the patients or the presence of other pathologies,” according to a statement from the San Raffaele hospital in Milan. The researchers, working with Italy’s ISS national health institute, studied 162 patients with symptomatic coronavirus who turned up at the emergency...

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This week, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Italy is ready to welcome back travelers. “The world wants to travel to Italy, the pandemic has forced us to close but Italy is ready to welcome back the world,” said Draghi. ”Our mountains, our beaches, our cities are reopening.”To facilitate travel, the European Green Pass will be available in mid-June...

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Italy begins a mass vaccination campaign on the resident populations of its smaller islands as part of a plan to make them 'covid-free' ahead of the summer season. The vaccination programme, which focuses on smaller islands with minimal healthcare facilities, begins on 7 May with Capraia, off Tuscany, and the Aoeolian Islands, off Sicily. The natio...

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Capri's world has always been blue - the color of the water surrounding the Mediterranean island, many of its fishing boats and, most famously, the light in its Blue Grotto. Now, the glamorous tourist destination with magnificent mansions, classy restaurants and world class shopping is hoping to shake off the pandemic blues after a year of on-and-o...

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