Italy ends two-year COVID-19 state of emergency

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Italy ends two-year COVID-19 state of emergency

STORY: Italy ends two-year COVID-19 state of emergency DATELINE: April 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in Italy STORYLINE: More than two years after its announcement, and following several extensions, Italy on Thursday officially ended the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency. The end date -- March 31 -- was originally announced by Prime Minister Mario Draghi in February. The country can now gradually phase out the remaining COVID measures between April 1 and Dec. 31, 2022. From Friday on, the four-tier system based on a color code -- white, yellow, orange and red zones for no, low, medium and high pandemic risk, respectively -- will no longer apply, according to the new rules. This means that the remaining measures will apply nationwide, regardless of the local or regional epidemiological situation. Several rules will change starting on Friday, according to a cabinet decree passed earlier in March. Among the changes tha

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