Mr. Ivan Bassato:

Currently there are two large screening operations going on in Fiumicino airport and one in Ciampino airport. We manage the two airports in Rome, Fiumicino, the biggest one, and the smallest, Ciampino. There are two operations in Fiumicino and one in Ciampino. The screening operation is directly managed by the health authorities of the region of Rome. Healthcare operations in Italy are under the exclusive authority of the 20 regions of Italy.

The operation started on 16 August following an order of the national government of Italy to test the passengers arriving from countries within the European Union who were considered tourists. The Italian rule now foresees that there are two different regimes. There were no restrictions on intra-EU travel up to that date, at least between the lockdown and 12 August. Then the government introduced restrictions, and I will discuss them in a few seconds. The second part of the regime is for passengers coming from non-EU destinations outside the external border of the European Union. In that case quarantine or self-isolation for 14 days and limitations and restrictions apply. The passengers were mandated to test when they came to Italy from 12 August and we implemented that requirement on 16 August, four days later. At that time the four countries within the Union that were considered highly at risk were Spain, Greece, Croatia and Malta. That list changed following the evolution of the pandemic on the Continent. Currently, there is a requirement for passengers to test before entering Italy - at the airport, where possible, or within 48 hours after entering Italy - if they are coming from the following European states: Spain, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands and Czech Republic. All the remaining European Union member states, including Ireland, are not subject to the limitations at present upon entry into Italy.

The passengers have two options. They are asked to test, negative or positive. If they test negative obviously there is a certain course of action. If they test positive there is another course of action. They can choose between the two options - molecular or antigen testing before leaving their country of origin within a time limit of 72 hours.