Italian authorities have tightened the rules for anyone entering the country. These will include quarantine and self-certification on where it will be spent for all those who enter Italy. The new rules came started being enforced as of Sunday.
These are among the new rules contained in the ordinance signed by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Paola De Micheli and by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, which determines a new controls on all entrances to our country, whether by land, sea or air.
The provisions obviously also concern Italians still stuck abroad who, once returned, will have to comply with the new measures.
The ordinance obliges, anyone who arrives, even if asymptomatic, to immediately communicate it to the prevention department of the health authority responsible for the territory. Those who enter Italy will have to undergo sanitary surveillance and fiduciary isolation for a period of fourteen days at the home that he himself will have indicated with a specific self-certification “upon boarding” on planes or ships. In the event of the onset of Covid-19 symptoms, there is therefore an obligation to report it “promptly” to the Health Authority.
If the indicated home cannot be reached from the disembarkation point of the line transport used, the The competent health authority for the territory must immediately inform the Regional Civil Protection which will determine the methods and the place where to carry out health surveillance and fiduciary isolation, with expenses borne by the persons subjected to quarantine.
Since the beginning of the crisis, the Italian government has received around 230,000 calls and 1,500 emails requesting assistance from compatriots who aim to return to their homeland and so far have been between 35,000 and 40,000 Italians.
