COVID-19 vaccination in Italy
"Italy is reborn with a flower – Vaccination against COVID-19" | |
| Native name | Vaccinazione anti COVID-19 |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 December 2020 – present |
| Location | Italy |
| Cause | COVID-19 pandemic |
| Organised by | Special commissioner of the Government |
| Participants | 150,321,540[1] doses administered 49,484,584[1] people are fully vaccinated as of 06 Aug 2025 |
| Outcome | 90+ % of the Italian population aged 12+ have received one dose 87+ % of the Italian population aged 12+ is fully vaccinated 83.00129% of the Italian population is fully vaccinated |
| Website | Piano strategico nazionale dei vaccini anti COVID-19 |
The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Italy is a mass immunization campaign that was put in place by the Italian government in order to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It started on 27 December 2020, together with most countries in the European Union.
The vaccination campaign was managed by the Ministry of Health and the special commissioner Domenico Arcuri until 1 March 2021,[2][3] when he was replaced by Army General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo.[4]
Workers had to exhibit a pass stating vaccination or a negative test from 15/10/2021 to 30/04/2022.[5] Vaccination against COVID-19 was mandatory for all people older than 50 in Italy from 15/02/2022 to 30/06/2022.
- ^ a b Mathieu, Edouard; Ritchie, Hannah; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas; Appel, Cameron; Giattino, Charlie; Hasell, Joe; Macdonald, Bobbie; Dattani, Saloni; Beltekian, Diana; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Roser, Max (2020–2024). "Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)". Our World in Data. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ "Piano vaccini anti Covid-19". www.salute.gov.it (in Italian). Ministero della Salute. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Arcuri: "Il virus è fra noi e cresce. Vaccinato l'1,5% della popolazione"". ilsole24ore.com. 14 January 2021. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Il generale Figliuolo è il nuovo commissario straordinario per l'emergenza Covid. Via Arcuri". ilsole24ore.com. ilsole24ore.com. 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Italy braced for unrest as Covid pass becomes mandatory for all workers". TheGuardian.com. 14 October 2021.