What to do if you get sick with Covid-19 while traveling

while you are traveling or on vacation, you need to know the regulations in force in the countries you are heading to, and the procedures for returning to Italy. Bookings are currently decreasing and travel cancellations abroad, outside the Italian borders, are increasing. The Delta variant, in fact, is causing a new growth in the contagion curve not only abroad, but also in Italy. In this regard, several European states have imposed new restrictions.

and therefore of positivity to Covid-19, he will not be able to return to Italy immediately. In that case, the mandatory quarantine will be triggered (the duration of which varies from country to country). Positive subjects, who will have promptly communicated to the health authorities of the host countries, will be able to return to Italy only at the end of the period of isolation that will take place in a special structure in the host country, such as Covid hotels. The same rules apply to friends, family or people who have come into contact with the positive subject: they too will be prevented from returning.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised against travel to other countries, due to the rules of individual states on the management of positive cases, with quarantines and tampons, which would complicate repatriation. Since July 1st, the European Green Pass has been in force, which allows you to travel to the countries of the European Union. However, possession of the pass is not valid for the purpose of re-entry in the event of a positive outcome. If you contract the virus while traveling, in fact, the Green Pass is immediately suspended, preventing you from leaving the host country until you have recovered and the tampon is negative. The times and methods of isolation will be decided by the individual health facilities.

As underlined by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "it is not possible to travel by commercial means and you are subject to the quarantine and containment procedures provided for by the country in which you are located". This also applies to all "contacts", that is friends or family members who travel together with the positive subject. quarantine / isolation by the local authorities of the country in which they are located and who, to protect public health, will be able to return to Italy at the end of the envisaged isolation period ".

, constantly updated. At the moment, the foreign countries with the worst epidemiological indicators are: Croatia, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. In some of these countries, restrictive rules have already entered into force that impose restrictions on tourists. France, for example, has provided for the vaccination obligation to access various premises and facilities, and imposed the negative swab, carried out in the previous 24 hours, for those coming from some countries at risk, such as the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus. , Greece and the Netherlands, although travelers have completed their vaccination cycle and are in possession of a Green Pass. In some places such as Barcelona and Mykonos, the curfew has returned. In general, in the case of a positive rapid test (antigen test), quarantine will start until the result is confirmed by a PCR test. If the PCR test is negative, the quarantine can be terminated. If the PCR test confirms a positive result, the quarantine must continue.

the virus while on vacation in an Italian region, the positive subject will not be able to board trains, ships or planes or even travel by car because he will have to observe the quarantine period. The times and methods of isolation will be decided by the health facilities, to which it will be mandatory to communicate the positivity. The quarantine will be spent in special facilities or in holiday homes.

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