International reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

In response to the spread of the 2020–2021 COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, many countries and regions have imposed quarantine measures or entry bans for citizens or tourists from Italy.

  Italy
  Entry forbidden for people from Italy
  Mandatory quarantine for people from Italy
  Mandatory quarantine for people from certain areas of Italy
Updated 2 April 2020

Chronology

On the evening of 23 February 2020, Austria suspended all trains to and from Italy for a couple of hours due to suspected cases of COVID-19.[1][2]

Romania has simultaneously set up a quarantine for Italian citizens arriving from Lombardy and Veneto.[3]

Alitalia flight AZ 772, which took off on the evening of 23 February 2020 from Rome and headed to Mauritius, was stopped by the Mauritian authorities who requested the mandatory quarantine or the repatriation of passengers from Lombardy and Veneto, even if without symptoms.[4][5]

Following the positive result of the swab on an Italian doctor on holiday in Tenerife, Spain, all guests of the H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel in Adeje were placed in quarantine.[6]

On 25 February, Kuwait ordered the suspension of all flights from Italy, as well as from South Korea and Thailand. The United Kingdom has instead imposed mandatory self-isolation for those arriving from Northern Italy (north of Pisa, Florence and Rimini).[7]

From 25 February, Croatia extended border health checks to people from Italian regions considered at risk. People with symptoms can be quarantined or pushed back at the border.[8] Those who have no symptoms will be obliged to carry out daily checks for 14 days.[9][10]

Saudi Arabia, El Salvador, Jordan, Iraq, Israel and Seychelles forbid entry into the national territory to those coming from Italy.[11][12]

On 28 February, Germany adopted new health security measures to include air and sea travel regulations, requiring passengers from multiple countries, including Italy, to report their health status prior to entry.[13]

On 29 February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated Italy's situation to level 3, which recommends avoiding non-essential travel due to widespread community transmission.[14]

Many companies such as Amazon, Google, London Stock Exchange Group have postponed all non-essential travel to countries affected by major outbreaks, including Italy.[15]

References
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  2. "Coronavirus: Italy hunts coronavirus superspreader as 'seventh person dies' of COVID-19". Sky News. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  3. "Homepage – Infinite Scroll | News1 English". News1. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  4. "Coronavirus, bloccato volo Alitalia alle Mauritius/ Divieto sbarco per italiani". IlSussidiario.net (in Italian). 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  5. Costa, Giacomo; Haver, Flavio (2020-02-24). "Coronavirus, volo Alitalia con 300 persone a bordo fermo a Mauritius". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  6. "Turista italiano positivo al test a Tenerife: mille in quarantena. Primo caso sospetto nelle Asturie". La Repubblica (in Italian). 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  7. "Coronavirus, aumentano casi: italiani positivi in Spagna, Algeria e Austria. Oms: "Il mondo non è pronto a fronteggiare l'epidemia"". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  8. "Coronavirus, la Croazia "socchiude" i confini a veneti e lombardi: controlli sanitari in frontiera". www.ilgazzettino.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  9. "Croazia, ai valichi controlli sanitari sugli italiani in arrivo da regioni a rischio Coronavirus". Il Piccolo (in Italian). 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  10. "Notizie e Comunicati Stampa". consfiume.esteri.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  11. "Coronavirus, ora c'è chi vieta l'ingresso agli italiani (aggiornamento)". Today (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  12. "Coronavirus, da Israele all'India: 'Vietati arrivi da Italia'". Sky TG24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  13. Staff, Reuters (2020-02-28). "Germany enacts new health security measures against coronavirus infections". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  14. "COVID-19 in Italy - Warning - Level 3, Avoid Nonessential Travel - Travel Health Notices | Travelers' Health". CDC. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  15. Dastin, Jeffrey (2020-02-28). "Amazon defers 'non-essential' moves even in U.S. as corporate travel bans spread". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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