![]() ![]() In July, 133 residents in a large reception center in former military barracks in Veneto tested positive for the virus. Deportations resumed in early August, and numbers of detainees had increased to around 300 at time of writing.Ī study conducted by the National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty found that by mid-June there were 239 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in reception centers for asylum seekers, the majority in centers known as CAS, originally set up as emergency options due to lack of space in the permanent shelter system. As of the end of August, there were 290 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in prisons.ĭozens of people were released from migration detention pending deportation given the impossibility of returns amid Covid-19-related border closures, with numbers in detention dropping from 425 in mid-March to 178 in late May. The government adopted a plan in mid-March to move detainees with less than 18 months left to serve on their sentences to house arrest, and expand the use of semi-liberty regimes by the end of July, the national rate of prison overcrowding was 106 percent, down from 119 percent. Thirteen inmates died and 69 inmates and over 100 guards were injured during the protests. Prisoners rioted in over 40 prisons across the country from March 7-10 to protest rules implemented in response to Covid-19 that limited activities, work leave permits, and contact with relatives, as well as chronic overcrowding that put them at higher risk of contracting the disease. Schools reopened in September amid concerns over health and safety, a shortage of support teachers for students with disabilities, and a patchwork of solutions to address lack of space to ensure social distancing in late October, the government ordered at least 75 percent online teaching for all secondary schools. ![]() An estimated 12 percent of 6 to 17 year olds do not have a computer at home to date, there is no public evaluation of the use of 150 million euros (US$175 million) allocated by the Ministry of Education for the purchase of computers and other devices to facilitate online learning or alleviate the impact of distance learning on children with disabilities. The government closed schools and universities across the country on March 4 and imposed distance learning for the remainder of the school year, affecting over 8.5 million students. The UN special rapporteur on the right to food recommended in March that Italy adopt a comprehensive framework law to implement the right to food to eliminate hunger and food insecurity. The number of new cases began increasing steadily in early August, and in October the government imposed new nationwide restrictions on certain businesses and activities in response to surging infection rates.īeginning in mid-March with a massive aid package, the national government adopted a series of measures to protect some workers from being fired, provide cash infusions for freelance workers and poor families, support families with young children by ensuring the right to parental leave and providing child care vouchers, and increase food distribution to the needy. By the end of August, a voluntary app to assist with contact tracing had been downloaded by only 14 percent of potential users amid privacy concerns. Between 8,000-12,000 older people are estimated to have died in nursing homes in March-April.Īt least 31,100 healthcare workers were infected-over 11 percent of all cases-and at least 240 died, with many blaming shortages of personal protective equipment at the height of the crisis in March-April. ![]() Covid-19Īs of October 26, authorities had registered more than 542,789 cases and approximately 37,479 deaths. In its October rule of law report, the European Commission flagged concerns about efficiency of justice, political independence of media, and smear campaigns against some civil society groups, particularly those working on migration. Women faced obstacles to exercising reproductive rights and an increase in violence during lockdown. ![]() The coalition government in power since September 2019 reversed some of the most problematic migration and asylum policies implemented by the previous government but continued to obstruct nongovernmental rescue organizations. Italy was the first country outside China to experience a major outbreak of Covid-19 and to declare a national state of emergency, and impose a strict lockdown, in early March 2020. ![]()
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