MESSINA – Photographic evidence of hundreds of cars passing over the Strait of Messina, travelling from Calabria to Sicily and indicating that travel restrictions were being ignored, sparked online

MILAN – Automotive companies have been meeting in an organisational effort to rapidly shift production and assemble some of the 125 life-saving respirators needed per week in order to meet the obje

 ROME -- As many as 651 people died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours in Italy, down from 793 in the previous 24 hours, the civil protection office said Sunday.

 Rome – As many as 793 people died in Italy from Coronavirus in the 24 hours to Saturday, more than 500 of them in Lombardy, taking the death toll on the peninsula to nearly 5,000, civil protection

 ROME – An aggressive mutation in the Covid-19 virus could have spawned Lombardy’s sky-rocketing death toll from the epidemic, a leading Milan virologist said Saturday.

ROME – Tough new restrictions limiting Italians’ movement came into effect Saturday with all parks and playgrounds closed, a ban on visiting second homes at the week-end, closure of bars in train s

MILAN – Francesco Le Foche, head of the immuno-infectious disease hospital in Rome, has said that the Champions League match between Valencia and Atalanta held on Feb 19 at the San Siro stadium in

ROME – In the biggest jump in the death toll since the coronavirus epidemic began, 627 people died in one day in Italy, with the total now amounting to 4,032, according to the daily news release fr

ROME – The President of the Lombardy, Attilio Fontana, has asked the Italian Prime Minister Guieseppe Conte for a decree to use the army to enforce the lockdown in Italy.

MILAN – Intesa Sanpaolo has pledged 100 million euros to support the healthcare emergency in collaboration with the Department of Civil Protection at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

 ROME -- The total number of people who have died from Coronavirus in Italy hit 3405 Thursday, meaning more people have died officially from the epidemic than in

ROME – With world economies on the brink of recession, nations entering lockdown mode, and individuals practicing social-distancing, the short-term impact of COVID-19 is already observable, but the

 ROME – Italy’s schools will stay closed in April and restrictive measures to try and defeat the Coronavirus epidemic will remain in place, Italian Prime Minister

 ROME -- As many as 475 people died from Coronavirus in Italy over the 24 hours to Wednesday in the biggest daily jump in the death toll so far, civil defence off

ROME - The governor of Lombardy, Attillio Fontana, has said that new authoritarian measures will have to be adopted that use telecommunication companies to more closely monitor people's movements,

ROME – The Italian governor of Veneto, Luca Zaia, has taken measures into his own hands to suppress the spread of COVID-19, by increasing the use of swab tests in the region to 11,300 per day, from

ROME – Over 2000 Italian doctors and nurses have been infected by coronavirus, as the figures rose by 313 on Sunday, according to the figures the Italian Higher Institute of Health bulletin.

 ROME – Italians in Britain are at risk of contagion due to Premier Boris Johnson's “irresponsible inaction” and commitment to herd immunity, Italian Members of the European Parliament put to the E

ROME - The government has launched the ‘Cura Italia’ decree, or the 'Cure Italy' decree, worth 25 billion euros, which will aid Italian doctors, workers, families, and businesses.

ROME – Alitalia, the national Italian carrier, is collaborating with the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit to organise thousands of flights to bring back Italians stranded in foreign countries, with t

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ROME — As many as 368 people were registered as dying from Coronavirus in Italy over the 24 hours to Sunday, taking the total death toll to 1800 authorities said.

BERGAMO – Northern cities in Italy are reaching a point of no return for their health services, as each day in Bergamo 85 people are admitted to intensive care compared to two or three that leave.

 ROME -- The number of people infected with coronavirus in Italy streaked to over 20,000 Saturday with as many as 2,795 Italians diagnosed over the past 24 hours