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Covid-19: Italy says Indian air passengers to quarantine for 10 days

PTI | | Posted by Srivatsan K C, Rome
Apr 29, 2021 12:12 PM IST

Officials said that a new ordinance signed earlier in the day by Health Minister Roberto Speranza requires that passengers arriving from India are quarantined for 10 days at a site indicated by Italian health officials.

A flight from New Delhi arrived Wednesday evening in Rome carrying 210 passengers, who will be placed in mandatory quarantine.

The passengers were being tested upon arrival and anyone testing positive will be taken instead to a Covid-19 hotel near Rome's main Leonardo da Vinci International Airport.(Bloomberg | Representational image)
The passengers were being tested upon arrival and anyone testing positive will be taken instead to a Covid-19 hotel near Rome's main Leonardo da Vinci International Airport.(Bloomberg | Representational image)

Officials said that a new ordinance signed earlier in the day by Health Minister Roberto Speranza requires that passengers arriving from India are quarantined for 10 days at a site indicated by Italian health officials, due to concerns about the deadly spike in that country.

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The passengers were being tested upon arrival and anyone testing positive will be taken instead to a Covid-19 hotel near Rome's main Leonardo da Vinci International Airport. The 210 passengers include children.

Officials indicated that they were primarily Indian nationals who are residents in Italy.

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