Italian ballet great Carla Fracci has died. The queen of Italian dance would have turned 85 in August. Fracci became one of the most experienced and recognized interpreters of Romantic ballets.
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Covid test, where to do it in Florence and in Tuscany
In Florence and in Tuscany there are various places where you can do the molecular, serological or rapid test. Here are the differences among the various tests and the list of the main places where you can do it.
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COVID 19, Italy without restrictions from the end of June
Italy will be completely on yellow zone from May 24 . The decline in infections, reinforced by the increase in vaccinations, could bring all Italy to the white zone by the end of June.
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Owl caught in the football net saved by the Italian Fire Fighters (Video)
The firefighters of Arezzo, in Tuscany Region, intervened in the Pratantico soccer field to free a beautiful specimen of owl entangled in the fence net: unharmed, it was then released with the assistance of a veterinarian.
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COVID, all the information on the Italian green pass
Article 9 of decree law number 52 on Urgent measures for the gradual resumption of economic and social activities, establishes the green certification, also called green pass, that gives the opportunity to the citizens to participate in certain events or to move to Europe or between regions of red or orange color, waiting the European “Digital green certificate”.
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Draghi to push back the Italy’s curfew from 10 to 11 pm
Premier Mario Draghi decided to push back the virus-containing curfew from 10 to 11 pm since May 19, pushing it further back to midnight from June 7, and ending it completely from June 21. “We want to take gradual measures in order to understand the effect on contagions”, Draghi said.
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Free Covid test at the Florence railway station
At the Florence Santa Maria Novella station anyone can do a rapid covid test, without any cost, reservation or medical prescription thanks the Italian Red Cross. The same initiative is carried out in the railway stations of seven other Italian cities.
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Tuscany’s COVID-19 contagion curve slowly declining
Tuscany Region remains in a low risk situation for COVID-19 contagion. Health Minister Roberto Speranza is set to sign orders making all of Italy’s regions except for Valle D’Aosta moderate-risk yellow zones next week in the nation.
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Florence as you’ve never seen it before
The promotion campaign for the Florence destination, designed by Toscana Promozione Turistica and the Fondazione Sistema Toscana, was created with the Municipality of Florence and in collaboration with Destination Florence Convention & Visitors Bureau, which carried out a promotional-marketing activity.
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No Italian region is high-risk for COVID contagion
No Italian region is high-risk for COVID contagion in the latest weekly monitoring of the health ministry and the Higher Health Institute (ISS), for the second straight week. Tuscany remains in yellow zone: positive cases decrease, on Saturday 8 May they were 676.
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