An 85-year-old Italian man was reportedly fined twice in less than an hour for breaking coronavirus lockdown laws to meet prostitutes – insisting to cops that his sex drive “shot through the roof” after getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

The naughty senior, who has not been named, was fined 1,000 euros – about $1,200 – for his double breach in Eboli, southern Italy, amid the pandemic, The Sun reported.

“It’s the COVID jab — it makes me more virile,” he told police, the report said. “Either way, the fine is money well spent.”

Police spokesman Sigismondo Lettieri told the news outlet: “The man was first stopped in the early hours of the morning after being seen going into the camper van parked close to the beach which is known to be used by prostitutes.

”He was told he was in breach of COVID curfew regulations and fined 500 euros and released, but he was then stopped less than an hour later further along the road at another camper van used by prostitutes and fined a further 500 euros,” Lettieri said.

”When officers realized it was his second fine they were stunned when he told them it’s the COVID vaccine,” he added. “His response provoked surprise and laughter from the patrol but he was still nevertheless fined.”

Under the country’s curfew regulations, people have to remain at home between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. – with exemptions for those out for work or on essential business.

According to the Italian Ministry of Health, almost 17 million people have been vaccinated, while the country has had almost four million cases with 119,000 deaths from the illness.