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Summer is missing less and less and, after spending a lot of time at home, the desire for a holiday is getting stronger. It will, however, the second summer that we will spend in the company of Covid-19 and the question becomes more and more insistent: will it be possible to move beyond national borders? The answer is yes, but in order to move within Europe, certain rules will have to be scrupulously respected. Let’s see’.
Every State of the Old Continent will have some entry guidelines to follow, not always uniform between one country and another. First of all it should be noted that the next June 30th, within the EU, the European green pass should make its debut, a digital document designed to facilitate travel. Inside it will be entered your data: negative coronavirus swab or vaccination occurred. Italy, along with Spain, Malta, Greece, Bulgaria, Luxembourg and Estonia, will be among the first to try the green pass.
Not all citizens, however, will be able to get vaccinated before the summer. The latter, therefore, to move within the European Union will have to undergo the swab, molecular or rapid, according to the rules of the individual country. The timing (which varies from 48 to 72 hours before entry) also depends on the individual country the age a child must be to swab. A European document would exempt children under 24 months of age from the swab while, for older ones, it is up to the individual state to evaluate. At the moment, for example, to enter Spain and Germany, the minimum age to undergo a tampon is 6 years, while for France and the United Kingdom it is 11 years. In Greece, however, children over the age of 5 must submit a negative test, while in Switzerland the rule is valid from 12 years onwards. The most “stringent” state is Portugal, which requires a negative test from anyone over two years old. The rules, however, they may be subject to new changes, based on the evolution of the epidemiological situation and the number of vaccines inoculated.
As already mentioned, these are temporary rules that could change over the next few weeks or months. In any case, those who wish to cross the Italian borders (especially if in the presence of children), will have to stay up to date and continue to monitor guidelines provided by individual countries.
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