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Did you ever wonder what it would be like to visit Rome's greatest landmarks minus the crowds? Ever dream of taking a uncrowded subway across the capital to join a minimal or non-existent queue into the Colosseum or the Vatican Museums, or to have breathing space to enjoy the Pantheon or the Trevi Fountain? Now is your chance. An outbreak of Corona...

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Italy has the most coronavirus cases in Europe and highest death toll but rather than succumb to fear, some wisecracking Italians have opted to laugh in the face of danger with a slew of parodies, jokes and general silliness. In the economic capital Milan, just 60 kilometres from from the main outbreak, bars have transformed aperitivo, the Italian...

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Information is critical to a free society but misinformation, when spread rapidly, can also have dire consequences. The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been deadly but the effects of media-induced hysteria surrounding it, in some respects, has been even more devastating - especially to the tourism sector which is vital to the Italian economy. Ho...

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Around the world, there is cause for concern – but that cause should not create a need for hysteria. Unlike many media outlets today, authorities and experts in the health fields say there is no reason to fear visiting Italy – so long as you take the same precautions you would against the flu. Italy’s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio warned that an “...

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Italian health authorities asked residents in northern Italy to ride out shuttered schools, closed factories and other public health measures for a little longer Friday as the country's count of coronavirus cases rose to 888, the most by far of any nation outside Asia. Under quarantine orders the government imposed on 11 towns a week ago, only supe...

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The response of the Italian Government to tackle epidemiological emergency from COVID-19 has been timely, as also acknowledged by the WHO and the EU and it has been mainly based on maximum transparency and clarity towards the national community and international partners. We are also working with our neighbours to develop harmonised protocols and s...

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C’è una realtà da raccontare sull’emergenza coronavirus che sta colpendo in questi giorni l’Italia, purtroppo con allarmismi ingiustificati (anche se, nelle ultime ore, l’impressione è che i toni si stiano finalmente smorzando e i media stiano cominciando a rendersi conto che la psicosi rischia di fare più danni del virus). E' la realtà di chi, non...

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At least two Twin Cities colleges have students in Italy right now. The University of St. Thomas says 52 students are spending their spring semesters in Italy this year. Of those students 37 of them are studying at the university’s Bernardi Campus in Rome. “Right now, the biggest impact for them is the cancellation of some field trips. The Itali...

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The landmark Duomo Cathedral, its spires towering over Milan, is closed. So is La Scala, Italy’s premier opera home, and the town’s universities and colleges. Bars are shuttered on the sacred aperitivo hour. The normally buzzing streets, trams, eating places and retailers are all eerily empty. Non-public firms, together with the insurance coverage...

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The last two days of events at the Venice Carnival were canceled on Sunday due to the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy, the President of the Veneto Region Luca Zaia announced. The news came as a third person died from the virus on the peninsula as the government struggled to contain an outbreak of the illness in the north of the country, with...

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