Overview
- Germany’s Foreign Office updated its Italy guidance, urging strict hygiene, consideration of Hepatitis A vaccination, and avoidance of raw seafood.
- The city of Naples barred restaurants and food stalls from serving raw shellfish until further notice, with fines of up to €20,000 for violations.
- Italy’s Istituto Superiore di Sanità counted 262 cases in the first three months of 2026, including 160 in March, with most infections in Campania.
- Local tallies differ, as Naples reported 65 cases from January to March while a Naples hospital treated about 70 inpatients and eight emergency cases late in the month.
- Reports note cases beyond Campania in Latium and Apulia, including 24 in the province of Latina, and experts warn that shellfish can concentrate the virus and short cooking may not kill it.