Italian health minister Roberto Speranza announced via Facebook that he had signed an order that now requires UK visitors to Italy to quarantine for five days on arrival with a “swab requirement”.
Previously, UK visitors to Italy only had to present a negative Covid test taken up to 48 hours before departure with no requirement to quarantine.
The move by the Italian government has been made due to fears about the fast-spreading Delta variant of Covid-19, which saw more than 11,000 new infections in the UK on Thursday (17 June). France and Germany have already tightened their rules on UK travellers.
