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When I arrived in Rome, a little more than a year ago, the streets of the Eternal City had emptied. Previously busy thoroughfares looked like metaphysical paintings by De Chirico: unobstructed views down vacant streets were only punctuated by the passing of a single masked pedestrian, the green flash of a pharmacy sign, or the flutter of the plasti...

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Italy has begun offering a fourth dose of the covid vaccine to the over-80s, residents of nursing homes and those aged over 60 who are considered most at risk from the virus. Italy's medicines agency AIFA gave the green light to the "second booster" for the over-80s and those between 60 and 79 who are deemed vulnerable, provided it has been at leas...

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The Italian government is preparing to phase out Italy's main covid restrictions, from masks to the Green Pass, after the state of emergency expires on 31 March. The emergency legislation has granted authorities sweeping powers to tackle the pandemic and has been extended several times since it was introduced in January 2020. Once the legislation e...

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The Italian government announced plans on Thursday to phase out its coronavirus restrictions more than two years after the disease first swept the country, even though cases are once again on the rise. The cabinet said COVID-19 health certificates, proving vaccination or recent recovery from coronavirus, would no longer be needed to gain access to...

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Since Italy relaxed entry restrictions for travelers originating outside the European Union on March 1, the travel experts at comparison site Next Vacay have noted an incredible 1,300-percent year-over-year increase in searches for “enter Italy from USA”. Next Vacay Founder and CEO Naveen Dittakavi remarked, “Americans—and other non-E.U. travelers—...

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An in-depth analysis of Italian food exports after two years of pandemic highlights growth in value close to +15% compared to 2019. Overall performances are higher than those of direct competitors such as France and Germany (+8% and +5%, respectively). “Last year will be remembered as an extraordinary year for Italian food exports, thanks to a grow...

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Italy will allow travellers from outside the European Union to enter the country quarantine-free as of 1 March, health minister Roberto Speranza announced on Tuesday. Under Italy's new travel rules, visitors from non-EU nations will no longer be required to show both proof of vaccination or recovery from covid and a negative test result.

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Dante Labs, a global leader in genomics and precision medicine, today announced it has partnered with The Renato Dulbecco Foundation to deliver more personalized therapies in rare diseases, oncology and COVID-19. Protelica, the groundbreaking US biotechnology company, has licensed its library of billions of pronectines nanoantibodies and a portfoli...

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