Italy has decided to eliminate its ‘Covid-tested’ protocol for arrivals from the United States, a month after travel from the US was approved on these types of flights. The upcoming flights will now only have to follow the standard requirements when entering the country.
The Government’s new measures for US travellers entered into force on June 21, only three days after the European Union added the United Stated to the white list of countries due to low infections and rapid vaccination rates.
In line with the EU’s recommendation, European Union Member States now are allowed to lift their travel restrictions for vaccinated and unvaccinated Americans, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
However, in order to meet the new conditions for entering Italy, US travellers must present proof of vaccination. At least 14 days should have passed since the last dose of the vaccine has been administered to be allowed entry into the country.
Italian officials noted that the vaccination certificates issued by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention will be accepted.
Travellers from the US can also present a negative COVID-19 test result carried out within 48 hours of departure or proof of previous recovery from the virus.
As long as the US travellers present one of the three forms of documentation, they will not be subject to the quarantine requirement after arriving in Italy.
Children under the age of six are exempt from all the requirements, whereas those between the age of six and 18 are required to undergo pre-departure COVID testing even if they have recovered or have been vaccinated against the COVID-19.
It should be noted that all US travellers over the age of two are still obliged to undergo COVID-19 testing no later than three days after their return to the United States.
This is the first time that Italy had fully reopened its borders for leisure travel from the US since March 2020, when the EU decided to close its external borders to prevent the further spread of the Coronavirus.
Except for Italy, travellers from the US can now fly to several other European destinations as trans-Atlantic flights have started operating again.
During the past months, leisure travellers were able to travel to Italy only if they were willing to undergo several COVID tests and fly on specific ‘Covid-tested’ flights approved by the Italian Government.
‘Covid-tested’ flights from the US to Italy were only operated by two airlines, Delta and Alitalia.
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