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Italy's Coronavirus death toll rises again after two-day downward trend.
The number of new Coronavirus cases in Italy over the last 24 hours is 3,612, compared to 3,780 yesterday and 3,957 the day before, reports Italia...
On 19 March, the United States State Department sent a Global Health Advisory to United States citizens, warning them to return to the U.S. or prepare to remain abroad for an indefinite amount of time.
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Rome UN building will be illuminated with colours of Italian tricolour until end of Covid-19 emergency.
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is illuminating its Rome headquarters with the green, w...
No procession in Rome to mark 76th anniversary of massacre.
With Italy in lockdown due to the Coronavirus emergency, no public events are permitted, including the annual procession to mark the anniversary of the Fosse A...
Training never stops for the dancers of Rome's opera house.
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma is closed, due to Italy's Coronavirus emergency, but that hasn't stopped its dancers and ballerinas from their training programme whi...
"Light at the end of the tunnel" says Lombardy regional health councillor.
The number of people currently suffering from Coronavirus in Italy has risen to 50,418 (3,780 more than yesterday) however the total number of p...
How to enjoy Italian culture from the comfort of your home.
La cultura non si ferma (Culture never stops) is a new page on the website of Italy's culture ministry, outlining the multiple virtual initiatives available ac...
Russia follows China and Cuba in helping Coronavirus-hit Italy.
The first of nine planes from Russia carrying military doctors and medical supplies to help Italy with its Coronavirus emergency landed at Pratica di Mare,...
Two ducks have been spotted in the waters of the Barcaccia fountain in Piazza di Spagna.
In this period of Coronavirus emergency, during which Italians are forced to stay in their homes, cities appear unusually empty a...
No longer allowed to move from area of residence.
People living in Italy are no longer allowed to leave the municipality in which they are resident, either by private or public transport, unless for "non-differable and...
Coronavirus: Italian government overwhelmed by response to its appeal for doctors.
The Italian government has been left astounded by the response to its "extraordinary appeal" to create a task force of 300 doctors to he...
Rome police caught man spraying graffiti on walls during Coronavirus lockdown.
A 20-year-old Roman man was charged with violating Italy's quarantine measures after being stopped by police while spraying graffiti at Parc...
Italy's Prime minister, in a late night speech, has announced that all non- essential activities will be ceased.
In one of the most challenging times for the country since World War II, said prime minister Giuseppe Cont...
The Otherwise Bookshop, a local English language bookshop in Rome, sent out a newsletter promoting their home book delivery service. It might come in handy during these quarantine days. Here is the original text:
Dea...
Number of Coronavirus victims in Italy rises to 4,825.
The number of fatalities from Coronavirus in Italy has risen to 4,825, with an additional 793 deaths since yesterday, the highest one-day death toll anywhere in the...
Americans can no longer travel overseas or cross international borders. All Americans currently abroad must come home. On 11 March, United States President Donald Trump announced a travel ban on all persons traveling fro...
Italy issues transport guidelines as country battles Coronavirus emergency.
Italy's transport ministry has issued new guidelines to limit the spread of Coronavirus and the risk to those working in the transport and logi...
Italy registers a record 627 deaths in one day from Coronavirus.Italy has announced a further tightening of restrictions due to the Coronavirus emergency, in a bid to get people off the streets and remain at home, report...
Police to carry out stricter controls on people walking around Rome.
Rome police are to begin checking 'all cars' driving around the capital in a bid to reduce the number of people still in circulation despite a nationw...
Rome isolates two convents after 59 nuns test positive for Covid-19.
Two convents, one in Rome and one outside the capital, were isolated on 20 March after a total of 59 nuns tested positive for Coronavirus.
The firs...
Over a week of under lockdown in Monterotondo and the children are taking it in their stride.
They have decided to keep to their usual daily routine, with the mornings set aside for schoolwork and the afternoons devote...
The Coronavirus has changed everything. There is no more work or school, and now, it feels like there is no more freedom.
Lives have been reduced to just staying at home. Even though the lockdown laws allow for us to...
40 people test positive for Covid-19 in town south of Rome.
The town of Fondi, near the popular beach resort of Sperlonga south of Rome, has been sealed off following an outbreak of Coronavirus.
Italian news agency A...
Rome mayor: "Incredible gesture of solidarity"
Rome's elderly residents will soon be able to avail of a new service which will see Roman taxi drivers make home deliveries of food and medicine, free of charge.
The "Taxi...
Italians invited to tune in and play it loud on Friday morning.
All Italian radio stations will broadcast Italy's national anthem along with three iconic songs at 11.00 on Friday 20 March in an unprecedented initiative...
"Positive news that must make all Italian health workers proud"
The Chinese husband and wife who were the first people in Italy to test positive for Coronavirus have been discharged from Rome's Spallanzani hospital, whe...
World Health Organization praises 'incredible strength and courage' of Italy's healthcare workers.
Italy's doctors and nurses fighting the Coronavirus outbreak are "working miracles", according to the World Health Organ...
Conte says Italy's anti-Coronavirus measures to be extended.
Italy's quarantine measures and school closures are to be extended, Italian premier Giuseppe Conte said in an interview with Italy's newspaper of record Corri...
Italy "country full of old people" says Brazilian president.
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said Italy's high death toll from the Coronavirus is due to the nation's aging population, reports Italian news agency ANSA...
Cinema da casa beams much-loved films onto Roman buildings.
"Got a projector? Illuminate your city!"
With Rome in total lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, numerous initiatives have taken place to raise spirits...
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