Italy has placed a ban on all arrivals from recent Covid-19 hotspot India, although Italian residents are exempted, Health Minister Roberto Speranza disclosed on Sunday.
‘I have signed a new decree banning people from entering Italy who has been in India within the past 14 days,‘ Speranza wrote on Facebook.
Ahead of a limited reopening set to begin across Italy on Monday, he added that ‘We can’t let our guard down’
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‘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.
Meanwhile anyone already in Italy who had been in India in the past 14 days should contact health authorities, he added.
With a new coronavirus variant spreading through its 1.3 billion people, India has become the world’s top coronavirus hotspot in recent days, reporting 349,691 new cases on Sunday alone.
In the past week, more than two million cases have been detected, a 58-percent increase on the previous seven days.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
