Italy sets date for opening borders with EU states, without quarantine

Italy will open its borders for all European Union countries without any mandatory quarantine required by 3 June, as part of efforts for the country's “rinitise economy”, Italian Prime Minister Giuspe Ctete said in front of the country's lower parliament chamber Thursday.

On May 13th, Cteon criticised the EU's proposal to allow <x0-currear tourist” among nations in the bloc under similar epidemiological conditions.

“We will not accept bilateral agreements within the European Union that can create privileged tourist channels,”, he said at the time.

This would keep us out of the European Union and we would never allow this”, broadcast the news.net.

On 16 May Ctete said that “if data continue to be encouraging” Italian borders would be open to those within the EU's Schengen Zone, but the country's stance on a mandatory quarantine for travellers was unclear.

The Contes announcement on Thursday clears the issue, extending open border policy across the EU bloc. British will also be included, who are now outside the EU. He also confirmed that no quarantine would be necessary for EU travellers.

The Italian prime minister did not say what would happen if the infection level began to rise, the news broadcast.net.

EU sources have confirmed to CNN that the mandatory quarantine point has been the subject of back-stage debate in recent days.

“We must accept this danger and cannot stop and wait for a vaccine,” said Cite.

Otherwise we would never be able to reopen again and we would be found with an inevitably compromised productive and social fabric. ”

All who enter Italy will have to wear cover covers on their faces and respect the requirements for social distance, Cite added.