Covid test requirements to enter Italy
Started by APAL in Italy 17-Jan-2022 - 20 Replies
Binhill1
reply to 'Covid test requirements to enter Italy' posted Jan-2022
Andymol2
reply to 'Covid test requirements to enter Italy' posted Jan-2022
At present, if you have been triple jabbed, all you need is your NHS Covid pass and a certified negative lateral flow test done within 24 hours of your scheduled arrival in Italy. You could do a certified PCR within 48 hours of arrival, but if you have had a recent infection there is a risk of this coming back positive because of remaining RNA in your system which can hang around for many weeks after infection. The lateral flows are a safer marker of ongoing infection.
The reality is that until the requirement for a negative lateral flow, no traveller can be sure they are going until they have the negative certificate to show at the departure airport.
The nhs Covid vaccination record, or more to the point the QR code of your booster works fine when you are required to show your green pass for bars, restaurants and linking to your ski pass to enable it each day. Save as a pdf on your phone's front page and just expand the QR code of your booster when you are asked to present your green pass.
They are hot on mask wearing in queues and lifts. The masks have to be FFP2 rather than surgical or home made masks. Puzzling as this grade is a slightly higher grade of snot catcher/deflector but afik not significantly more protective, unlike FFP3 which is effective at protecting the wearer rather than others around them.
The passenger locator form to return was a pain. Firstly rather than let you upload your Covid vaccination record, it requires an image of your 3rd vaccination QR code to uplaoad. Doesn't work well on an iPad unless you have already got it as an image file already on it. Easier on android (or a laptop where you can crop the QR code to 250*250 pixels)
Edited 1 time. Last update at 29-Jan-2022
Binhill1
reply to 'Covid test requirements to enter Italy' posted Jan-2022
Edited 1 time. Last update at 29-Jan-2022
Andymol2
reply to 'Covid test requirements to enter Italy' posted Jan-2022
The changes to the UK return tests are truly illogical. Why decide to drop return tests in 2 weeks time? Either make the change as of now or wait and see what the situation in Europe will be in 2 weeks time? In reality the situation will not change much so do it now and save the hassle of certified testing.
It may be that Europe is planning some announcements and the UK changes are timed to be with that.
SwingBeep
reply to 'Covid test requirements to enter Italy' posted Jan-2022
andymol2 wrote:They are hot on mask wearing in queues and lifts. The masks have to be FFP2 rather than surgical or home made masks. Puzzling as this grade is a slightly higher grade of snot catcher/deflector but afik not significantly more protective, unlike FFP3 which is effective at protecting the wearer rather than others around them.
According to tests carried out by the Max Planck Institute in Göttingen a tight-fitting FFP2 mask provides up to 75 times more protection than to a well-fitting surgical mask.
Binhill1
reply to 'Covid test requirements to enter Italy' posted Jan-2022
Wanderer
reply to 'Covid test requirements to enter Italy' posted Jan-2022
https://www.salute.gov.it/portale/nuovocoronavirus/dettaglioNotizieNuovoCoronavirus.jsp?lingua=italiano&menu=notizie&p=dalministero&id=5780
Andymol2
reply to 'Covid test requirements to enter Italy' posted Jan-2022
SwingBeep wrote:andymol2 wrote:They are hot on mask wearing in queues and lifts. The masks have to be FFP2 rather than surgical or home made masks. Puzzling as this grade is a slightly higher grade of snot catcher/deflector but afik not significantly more protective, unlike FFP3 which is effective at protecting the wearer rather than others around them.
According to tests carried out by the Max Planck Institute in Göttingen a tight-fitting FFP2 mask provides up to 75 times more protection than to a well-fitting surgical mask.
The problem is they rarely fit well and/or the users don't adequately wear them which renders them little more effective than surgical masks. Most of the FFP3 masks are more conforming which makes them more effective but, as somone who has to wear them at times thay would not be well tolerated by the majority of users.
Certainly the attitude of the Italians was much more positive to wearing maskscompared to the UK where make up is deemed more important!
Topic last updated on 04-February-2022 at 20:16