Prognosis
Italy to End Emergency State Two Years After Pandemic Started
- Draghi says quarantine rules for schools will be lifted
- Government emergency power due to expire on March 31
A waiter serves customers outside of a restaurant in Milan, in Nov. 2021.
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Italy is set to end its Covid-19 state of emergency and further ease restrictions, exactly two years after it became the epicenter of the pandemic in Europe.
The government doesn’t plan to extend the emergency powers, which were introduced in 2020 and will expire on March 31, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Wednesday during a trip to Florence.