On the surface there is still a relative calm and among the common man there is a great will to try to regain normalcy.
At the same time, the numbers around the infection are worse again, after the calm of the summer.
The situation in Italy is better than in many places in Europe, with relatively then dead, 17 in the last 24 hours, and just over 200 in the intensive care units across the country.
Continued vigilance
The number of new infections varies depending on how many tests are performed, but the trend is for the infection to grow.
What is also worrying is that the average age of those infected is rising again and is over 50 again.
This summer it was down to 34 years, young and healthy people who usually did not get sick.
The higher the average age, the greater the risk of more seriously ill people again.
The country also has over 3000 hotspots, cluster infections, around Italy and new red zones can become a reality.
- We must continue to be very vigilant, says Minister of Health Roberto Speranza to Italian media.
He wrote yesterday on the decision that travelers coming from Paris and certain regions in France must be covid-tested before they are admitted into Italy.
- We must not underestimate the dangers.
Italy is better off than many others right now, but we must continue to keep the guard up so that all the sacrifices we have made and make have not been in vain, says Speranza.
At the same time, protesters in Rome are protesting, shouting "Libertà, libertà" - "Freedom, freedom!".
Against mouthwashes and vaccines and against what are considered to be panic reactions by the Italian government and those in power in large parts of the world.
"Mouthguards should be used wisely"
In the small community of Sutri, Mayor Vittorio Sgarbi, also a parliamentarian and well-known debater, threatens to fine people who wear mouth guards unnecessarily, such as when they are out walking alone in nature or driving alone in their cars.
- Mouthguard if you are alone in the car, you should only have it if you have stolen the car and want to get away!
Only terrorists and thieves mask the face, mouth guards should be used wisely.
The virus seems to attack people's brains rather than the body as it is now, Sgarbi tells SVT.