Austria Closes Passage From Italy Without Health Clearance
A doctor carries out fever checks on travelers arriving from Italy at a checkpoint in Gries Am Brenner, Austria, on March 10.
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Austria won’t allow travelers from Italy to enter the country unless they can present a medical certificate demonstrating health, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Tuesday.
“There’s now an immigration stop for people from Italy, except those who have a medical certificate,” Kurz told journalists in Vienna. The foreign ministry is bringing home Austrians from Italy, and they will be quarantined for two weeks, he said.