Overview
- City officials barred restaurants and food stalls from serving raw seafood and set fines up to €20,000, with police assigned to check compliance.
- The order applies to eateries only and requires shellfish to be fully cooked and clearly labeled before serving.
- Hospitals in Naples are treating an unusual influx of patients, including about 70 inpatients reported by the Colli hospital and more in emergency care.
- Investigators suspect contaminated mussels and other shellfish after a regional lab found Hepatitis A in 8 of 142 samples, and experts note mussels can take up viruses from sewage‑tainted water.
- Case counts are far above recent averages, with the city citing 65 since January and some outlets reporting more than 150 across Campania, and officials have flagged additional cases in the Province of Latina and urged vaccination and avoiding raw shellfish.