The variant of the coronavirus and the flights arriving from Great Britain to Italy- Corriere.it

The Netherlands decided, on Sunday December 20, to block passenger flights arriving from Great Britain, where the government launched a new series of restrictive measures on Saturday December 19 after the identification of a new, faster variant. spread, of the Sars-CoV-2 virus, responsible for Covid-19.

At the moment, flights arriving in Italy from Great Britain have not been blocked. Only on Sunday, reportedly in Messenger ServiceAt least 14 flights are expected to arrive in Lombardy, 8 in Lazio and 4 in Veneto, as well as others in different regions.

Since last December 10, no quick checks with swabs have been carried out at Italian airports for flights arriving from Great Britain or the Netherlands (where the new variant of the coronavirus has already been found).

In fact, the regulations provided by the Dpcm of December 3 stipulated – between December 10 and 20 – that passengers arriving in Italy from different countries, including Great Britain and the Netherlands, should have made a swab ( classic or fast) negative before boarding. In the absence of this, the traveler could and still can land, then complying with the quarantine. However, at the moment, there are no authorities capable of verifying that fiduciary isolation is respected and the entry to Italy does not currently provide for control filters at the airport.

From December 21, 2020 to January 6, 2021, the fiduciary isolation obligation upon entry / return to Italy will be in force regardless of the swabbing performed on departure.

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