Italy requires quarantines for unvaccinated EU visitors
The Hindu
Italy on Tuesday recorded over 20,000 new infections and 120 COVID-19 deaths
Italy's health minister signed an ordinance on Tuesday requiring any unvaccinated visitor from another EU country to quarantine for five days after arriving in a bid to block spread of the Omicron variant.
Under the new requirement taking effect from Wednesday, vaccinated visitors from EU countries must get a negative test within 24 hours of arrival to circulate freely in Italy. Non-EU citizens who are not vaccinated must quarantine for 10 days.
Italian media reported that European Union authorities in Brussels have objected to the measures, which appear to circumvent the EU digital health certificate that confirms a person's vaccination status.
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