IS IT SAFE TO GO TO ITALY RIGHT NOW (COVID-19)?

​If you're planning to travel to Italy, here's what you'll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, has signed an ordinance allowing entry from the European Union and the Schengen Area, as well as from Great Britain and Israel, with a negative swab test, without compulsory quarantine. Travellers are still required to produce the certificate for a negative molecular or antigen swab test on arrival, taken in the 48 hours before arrival in Italy.
However, the same ordinance extends the restrictions against Brazil to July 30 2021.
Covid-tested flights
The Ordinance of May 14 2021, has reinforced 'Covid-tested' flights, extending the trials to airports in Venice and Naples, following Milan and Rome, and extending the authorised routes to flights from Canada, Japan, United Arab Emirates and the United States. 
What are "Covid-tested" flights?
Covid-tested flights are flights that have been authorised by the Ministry of Health using a particular ordinance.
Requirements
What should do the passengers on "Covid-tested" flights?

• hand into the carrier and to whoever is in charge of carrying out the controls, upon boarding, a certification attesting to the negative result of the molecular test (RT PCR) or antigenic test, carried out through a swab, no later than 48 hours before boarding, 
• hand into the carrier the declaration referred to in Article 50 of the Ministerial Decree of March 2, 2021
• complete the Passenger Locator Form (PLF) - digital dPLF to be shown before boarding. See the dedicated section How to fill out the Passenger Locator Form
• take another molecular (RT PCR) or antigen swab test upon arrival at the destination airport.

Following the protocol mentioned above, passengers on these flights can enter and transit into the Italian national territory without complying with the obligations of health surveillance and fiduciary isolation.
Failure to comply with only one of the requirements mentioned above will result in the lapse of the exemption from the obligations of health surveillance and fiduciary isolation.
Authorised Flight Routes
After an initial experimental phase, the Prime Minister's Decree of March 2, 2021, art. 54 paragraph 3, allowed the extension of the flights subject to "Covid-tested" experimentation.
Therefore, as of today, airlines can operate "Covid-tested" flights on the following routes:

• Atlanta - Rome Fiumicino 
• New York - Rome Fiumicino 
• Atlanta - Milan Malpensa 
• New York - Milan Malpensa 

By order of May 14 2021, at Fiumicino and Malpensa Airports, 'Covid-tested' flights are also operational from:

• Canada
• Japan
• United Arab Emirates

The same ordinance also allowed 'Covid-tested' flights to Naples' Capodichino' Airport and Venice' Marco Polo' Airport.
Special passenger requirements.
Passengers on flights arriving from international airports from the following countries:

• Canada
• Japan
• United States of America (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York - John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty, Philadelphia, Washington DC)
•  United Arab Emirates

must also take a molecular (RT PCR) or antigen swab test upon arrival at the following Italian international airports:

• Fiumicino
• Milan Malpensa
• Naples Capodichino
• Venice Marco Polo

The trials of 'Covid-tested' flights established by the Ordinances of November 23 2020, and March 9, 2021, have been extended to October 30 2021, without prejudice to possible further extensions.
For further information on the actual operation of "Covid-tested" flights on the routes for which the trial is underway, please contact the airlines directly.
If denied boarding on a "Covid-tested" flight, due to a positive result to COVID-19, the air carrier will refund the ticket or issue a voucher of the equal amount at the passenger's request within fourteen days from the date of withdrawal. It will be valid for eighteen months from the issue.
 
How to fill out the Passenger Locator Form - dPLF
As of March 23, 2021, all passengers wishing to enter Italy via "Covid-tested" flights should complete the PLF, before entering the country, following the instructions below:

• connect to the website https://app.euplf.eu/ 
• follow the guided procedure to access the dPLF
• select Italy as the destination country
• please register on the website by creating a personal account with a username and password (it is necessary to do this only the first time)
• fill out and send the dPLF following the guided procedure

After sending the form, the passenger will receive at the email address provided during registration the dPLF in pdf and QRcode format that he/she will have to show directly from his/her smartphone during boarding. Alternatively, the passenger can print a copy of the dPLF to show at boarding.
Read more on the Eu dPLF website.
 
What is the Passenger Locator Form (PLF)?
The Passenger Locator Form (also known as the Passenger Locator Card) is used to collect information on the travel itinerary. Allow the relevant Health Authority to promptly contact the passenger if he or she is exposed to a contagious diffusive disease during air travel.
The PLF is an essential public health helpful tool for contact tracing on board of all means of transport that follow international routes and allows for the rapid implementation of the health measures necessary to protect individuals and the community.
 
Compliance by the carrier

• It is the carrier's responsibility to check that the dPLF has been completed before allowing the passenger to board.
• The carrier's responsibility is to inform the passenger of the need to complete the dPLF before boarding by sending the link by email a few days before boarding.

In addition before to go to the Italy you should fill in the form available on this below website:
infocovid.viaggiaresicuri.it/index_en.html

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More details on these website
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www.salute.gov.it/portale/nuovocoronavirus/dettaglioContenutiNuovoCoronavirus.jsp?lingua=english&id=5412&area=nuovoCoronavirus&menu=vuoto&tab=9


www.salute.gov.it/portale/nuovocoronavirus/dettaglioContenutiNuovoCoronavirus.jsp?lingua=english&id=5412&area=nuovoCoronavirus&menu=vuoto

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