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Italy keeps ski slopes closed, a blow to tourism

Italy keeps ski slopes closed, a blow to tourism

On the eve of what was supposed to finally be the much-delayed opening of Italy’s ski slopes, the government yanked permission because high circulation of a coronavirus variant. Health Minister Roberto Speranza’s ordinance on Sunday forbidding amateur skiing at least until March 5 effectively kills hopes of ski lift operators and resort owners to salvage...

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Italy clears emergency use of COVID19 antibody therapies

Italy clears emergency use of COVID19 antibody therapies

Italy’s Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Saturday it had signed the decree authorising the emergency use of monoclonal antibodies to treat the coronavirus. Italy’s medicines regulator AIFA on Friday had given its green light for emergency use of COVID-19 antibody therapies developed by U.S drugmakers Eli Lilly and Regeneron. – Reuters

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Italy to take legal action on COVID vaccine delays to get doses

Italy to take legal action on COVID vaccine delays to get doses

Italy will take legal action and step up pressure in Brussels against Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca over delays in deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines with a view to securing agreed supplies, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday. The aim was to get the companies to meet the vaccine volumes they had promised and not...

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Italian doctor: No point in vaccinating the recovered

Italian doctor: No point in vaccinating the recovered

Rome – The Ministry of Health in Italy announced today that it recorded 475 deaths due to Coronavirus and 16,310 infected cases, compared to 477 deaths and 16,146 infections last Friday. Italy has recorded 81,800 deaths from the virus since its appearance last February, the second largest toll in Europe and the sixth in the...

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Italy suspends flights from Brazil in response to new corona variant

Italy suspends flights from Brazil in response to new corona variant

Italy is suspending flights from Brazil, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Saturday, in response to a new coronavirus variant. Anyone who has transited Brazil in the last 14 days is also prohibited from entering Italy, he said on Facebook, while people arriving in Italy from Brazil will be required to take a test for...