Italy holds borders closed by August 10th, health emergencies extended until October

After being voted in favour in the two chambers of the Italian Parliament, Prime Minister Cite decided to postpone the national emergency state of health until October 15, 2020, which was scheduled to end on July 31, 2020.

The new decree of the Italian government contains specific measures for the control of the pandemic in cobra territory.

It is designed to postpone the maximum by 10 days of all measures of limiting the movement of persons to and from Italy, envisioned in the previous decree signed on July 14, 2020.

So by August 10th 2020, it will continue to stay in force until the approval of new measures, limit access to Italian territory of persons travelling from countries outside the Schengen area, between which Albania, Romania and Bulgaria, as well as continuing to be in effect list of 16 countries and 3 Balkan countries; Kosovo, Serbia-Montenegro, which is barred from entering Italy of any person who has travelled or transited to them.

The urgent measures of the Cite government decree have included increasing medical personnel in the national health system, with general doctors and pediatric doctors, as well as with sanitation workers.

Also envisioned are remarkable rates for the production of surgical masks and protective instruments to facilitate the purchase of health instruments of personal protection.

The new decree imposes empowering the assistance of Italian citizens outside borders and in distress due to global pandemics, as well as urgent measures for continued institutional activity, as well as institutions of high musical, artistic and coral formation.