Covid-19: Italy to ban arrivals from India
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A passenger undergoing a swab test for Covid-19 in Milan. Photo: AFP
Anyone who has been to India in past 14 days not allowed to enter country.
Italy is to ban arrivals from coronavirus hotspot India, apart from Italian residents, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said Sunday.
“I have signed a new decree banning people from entering Italy who have been in India within the past 14 days,” Speranza wrote on Facebook.
“We can’t let our guard down” ahead of a limited reopening set to begin across Italy on Monday, he added.
“Residents of Italy can return but must take a (coronavirus) test before departure and on arrival and remain in quarantine” once on Italian soil, Speranza said.
Italy imposes travel ban from India over COVID variant
04/25/2021 9:42
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy has joined other countries by imposing restrictions on travel from India to avert the spread of a COVID-19 variant as the Asian nation struggles with a surge in infections.
Italy s Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Twitter he had signed an order barring foreign travellers who have been in India in the past 14 days from entering the country.
India, which is facing a health crisis, is battling a double mutant strain of COVID-19. On Sunday, the country posted the world s highest single-day increase in cases for a fourth day.
Italy`s Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Twitter he had signed an order barring foreign travellers who have been in India in the past 14 days from entering the country.
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