Ile-de-France, Provence-Côte-d'Azur, Hauts-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, or even Corsica are affected by this measure.
Travelers living there will have to show a negative result of a molecular or antigen test carried out 72 hours before entering Italy.
Italy will impose on all travelers coming from several French regions, including Ile-de-France and Provence-Côte-d'Azur, a negative test for Covid-19 before entering its territory, a announced Monday the Minister of Health.
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Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Côte-d'Azur ...
The regions affected by this measure which should come into force in the coming days are Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Côte-d'Azur, Corsica, Nouvelle -Aquitaine and Occitanie.
"I have signed a new ordinance extending the obligation of molecular or antigenic testing to citizens from Paris or other regions of France," Italian Minister of Health Roberto Speranza said on his Twitter account.
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A mandatory negative molecular or antigen test
"The European data are critical. Italy is in a better situation than other countries, but we must remain cautious not to make the sacrifices made so far in vain," he added.
Travelers from these regions will have to present a molecular or antigenic test carried out 72 hours before entering the territory and the result of which is negative.
Otherwise, they will have to carry out this test on arrival at the airport, port or border post.