Swabs on the border: the Italy-France agreement to protect itself from the virus

The circulation of the virus is growing in the rest of Europe and Italy is considering protecting itself, according to the scheme already adopted for Spain, Croatia, Greece and Malta. Given that the hardest situation at the moment is in France, the idea is to impose the mattress also on all those who return from that country. This time, however, unlike what was done for the other four states, reciprocity will be activated. It means that even those who go beyond the Alps from Italy will have to take the test. Among other things, the same should also happen with those who go to Spain.

The news was announced yesterday by the Undersecretary of Health, Sandra Zampa. “There is already an interview initiated by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, with the French government – she said – The issue of reciprocity is being evaluated. Not only with France, you are also imagining with Spain, that is, input and output control pads. I think this may be an option that protects.

But we also move to control internal movements. Starting tomorrow, in the Tuscan ports of Piombino and Livorno there will be active points to clean those who return from Sardinia and go to the island. Tuscany moves after Lazio but has decided to go further, because the test will be proposed, regardless of the destinations and areas of origin, even in the most important stations.

The act by which Speranza imposed a swab on Italians or foreigners returning from Croatia, Greece, Spain and Malta dates back to August 12. For the rest of the Schengen states, plus the UK and excluding Bulgaria and Romania, no precautions are currently foreseen. For those arriving outside of that area, instead, 14 days of fiduciary isolation is required in Italy.

In addition, depending on the place of origin, entry for tourist reasons may or may not be allowed. In fact, there are countries from which you can only enter for work or health reasons.
As for France, the scheme will be the one used for the four European countries. Therefore, those who prove that they have taken the swab with a negative result in the 72 hours prior to entry into Italy will not have to repeat the test. Those arriving at the airport or where points for swabbing will be established (for example, driving on the highway at the border) will be able to swab immediately or go to their destination, isolate themselves, and notify ASL to take the exam within 48 hours . . With the negative result you can obviously leave.