Covid: Italy to impose quarantine on UK travellers

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Italy is to introduce a five-day Covid quarantine for travellers from the UK from Monday amid growing concerns about the spread of the Delta variant.

The Italian government said travellers from the UK will also be required to have mandatory Covid tests.

Italy, however, will also open the door to USA, Canada, Japan and the EU, if visitors show they have been vaccinated or recently tested negative for Covid.

The new measures follow similar curbs on UK travellers by France and Germany.

Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza added a ban on people arriving from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will remain in place.

What are the case rates across the UK?

UK coronavirus infections have risen slightly in the last week, with an estimated 119,000 people - up from 110,000 - now positive for the virus.

The Office for National Statistics figures, external, up to 12 June, suggest one in every 540 people is infected.

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