Overview
- The Health Ministry published an ordinance and an implementing circular that make a signed traveller declaration compulsory for anyone arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Uganda or who was there within the previous 21 days.
- Arrivals must complete the specific form attached to the ordinance and send it by email or deliver it to their local health prevention department no later than 24 hours after entry into Italy.
- Airlines, ship crews, airport managers and port authorities must notify passengers of the obligation, collect signed forms on arrival and forward them to border health offices (USMAF) and local health companies (ASL).
- Regions and autonomous provinces are ordered to email collected declarations to the Ministry’s Prevention Directorate within 24 hours and to publish the information on their official channels for public awareness.
- The step responds to active Ebola outbreaks in the DRC and Uganda caused by the Bundibugyo strain and uses the 21‑day incubation window for targeted surveillance rather than blanket travel bans.