ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO WILL TRAVEL TO ITALY

ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO WILL TRAVEL TO ITALY

While the Italian government has tightened restrictions on the recent increase in the number of cases in the corona virus epidemic, the application of red in 10 regions and orange in 9 regions will come into effect as of March 15.

Due to the recent increase in the number of cases in the corona virus (Covid-19) epidemic in Italy, restrictions have been tightened across the country. According to the decree signed by the Council of Ministers, the implementation of red in 10 regions and orange regions in 9 regions will come into force as of 15 March. Following the signing of the decree, while there is no yellow zone in the country, white zone measures will be applied only on the Sardinia Island. Within the scope of the measures that will be valid until April 6, red zone restrictions will apply to the whole country on the Easter holiday, which will be celebrated between April 2-5.

In the weekly pandemic evaluation of the Italian Health High Council, it was announced that the contamination index Rt value increased from 1.06 to 1.16 in the last week across the country. The Board announced that the number of cases increased to 225.64 among every 100 thousand people. It was announced that the occupancy rate in intensive care units increased from 26 percent to 31 percent in a week, exceeding the critical threshold.