Close to 89,000 Italians have now been brought home since the Covid-19 pandemic began, the Italian foreign ministry said after nearly 700 people were repatriated on Thursday.
The 928 repatriation operations from 119 countries were coordinated by the foreign ministry's crisis unit and its network of embassies and consulates around the word after borders were closed and international flights suspended earlier this year amid coronavirus fears.
The 684 Italians who returned home on Thursday arrived from Great Britain, Belgium, Spain, Colombia, Peru, Nigeria, Ghana and Kosovo, according to the statement.
