Woman who survived Spanish flu, world war succumbs to COVID at 105
She lived a life of adventure that spanned two continents. She fell in love with a World War II fighter pilot, barely escaped Europe ahead of Benito Mussolini’s fascists, ground steel for the U.S. war effort and advocated for her disabled daughter in a far less enlightened time. She was, her daughter said, someone who didn't make a habit of giving...
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Bergamo: Sky News 'A warning from Italy' wins Emmy Award
The Sky News documentary A warning from Italy, filmed in Bergamo during the first wave of covid-19 in March 2020, has won the International Emmy Award in the ‘News’ category. The hard-hitting documentary by journalist Stuart Ramsay took viewers into the emergency rooms of the Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital as well as other locations in Bergamo and fe...
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Green Pass: Italy set to raise audience numbers in theatres, cinemas and stadiums
Italy's theatres, cinemas and stadiums could soon host more people, equipped with the Green Pass, under the latest recommendations from the technical scientific committee (CTS) that advises the government on coronavirus protocols. The CTS has given the green light to increasing the audience capacity for cultural events to 100 per cent outdoors and...
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Travel between Italy and US to open up for vaccinated travellers
The United States is to welcome fully vaccinated and covid-tested air travellers from 33 countries including Italy - with effect from early November - ending a travel ban in place for the last 18 months. Under the new rules unveiled by the Biden administration on Monday, travellers to the US will need proof of full vaccination as well as a negative...
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Vaccine bookings jump in Italy after COVID health pass made mandatory
Bookings for COVID-19 vaccinations jumped in Italy on Friday after the government made inoculation mandatory for all workers in some of the strictest anti-coronavirus measures adopted in the world. The number of people making appointments more than doubled from the day before in the northeastern region of Veneto, while in Tuscany they almost triple...
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COVID-19: Italy doing better than USA says Fauci
Top American immunologist Anthony Fauci, the Chief Medical Advisor to the US President. on Thursday hailed the way Italy is tackling the COVID-19 pandemic."Italy is doing well, better than the USA," Fauci said at Villa Firenze, the residence of the Italian ambassador to Washington. "It has become an example for the whole world". He noted that the p...
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Italy requires COVID-19 pass for all workers from Oct. 15
Italian workers in both the public and private sectors must display a health pass to access their workplaces from Oct. 15 under a decree adopted Thursday by Premier Mario Draghi’s broad-based coalition government. The measures are the first by a major European economy requiring proof of vaccination, a recent negative virus test or recovery from COV...
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Reeling from COVID-19, Italy’s violin capital is rebounding with music
More than 450 years ago, Andrea Amati invented the modern violin in the Italian city of Cremona. For centuries, this has been the world’s hub of violin makers. Known as luthiers, these artisans are now helping drive a recovery in Cremona, which last year was decimated by Italy’s COVID-19 outbreak. As the pandemic quieted Italy last year, sweet melo...
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Italy's schools reopen with new covid Green Pass rules
Almost four million children in 10 regions of Italy will return to school on Monday 13 September, with new covid Green Pass rules in place for teachers and parents. This year Italy will have a total of 7.4 million schoolchildren, 3.8 million of whom are back to the classroom today in schools and kindergartens in the regions of Abruzzo, Basilicata,...
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