COVID 19 Update: Italy Eases Travel Restrictions

18 maggio 2021

COVID 19 Update: Italy Eases Travel Restrictions

COVID-19 related cases and deaths decline as vaccinations increase in Italy. As of Monday 17 May, around 8.8 million Italians, 4.8% of the population, have been fully vaccinated, while 27,919,253 over 30% have received at least one shot.

The government has reinstated a four-tier colour-coded system, from white to red, to calibrate curbs in its 20 regions: Some 19 out of 20 Italian regions are currently yellow, and one, the tiny Valle d'Aosta, is orange, the third-highest risk level. None are currently deemed high-risk red, and six will become white by the end of the first week of June.

  • Restaurants are able to serve people at outdoor tables at lunch and dinner and after June 1 to serve people at indoor tables again. 
  • Open-air swimming pools are open from May 15
  • Indoor gyms will be able to open on June 1
  • Sporting events considered of 'national interest' will be able to have a limited number of spectators.

The government approved a decree pushing back with immediate effect a nightly coronavirus curfew to 11 p.m. in the regions where infections are low. Curfew would begin at midnight from June 7 and be abolished altogether from June 21, in line with a plan to gradually relax restrictions across the country.

Travelling to Italy

The Minister of Health has signed an ordinance allowing entry from the countries of the European Union and the Shengen Area, as well as from Great Britain and Israel, with a negative swab test, without compulsory quarantine. Travellers are still required to produce on arrival a negative molecular or antigen test, taken in the 48 hours prior to arrival in Italy. However, the restrictions against Brazil have been extended until 30 July 2021.

The Minister has also ordered the extension of trials of ‘Covid-tested’ flights, already in operation at Rome and Milan airports, to Venice and Naples. Passengers on Covid-tested flights must take a molecular or antigen test before departure and if the result is negative, upon arrival at their destination they are authorised to enter and travel in Italy without having to comply with health surveillance and fiduciary isolation, where otherwise required. Until now, Covid-tested flights only covered routes between the United States and Italy but the new ordinance includes departures from Canada, Japan and the United Arab Emirates. The ordinances are effective from 16 May 2021 to 31 July 2021.

Further reading: Ordinance 14 May 2021 - New provisions on restrictions in movement from and to foreign countries

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