Covid-free islands: Italy's idea for reopening on June 2
After the excellent response recorded by Greece, Italy could reintroduce the same project and aim to have all Covid-free islands [...]
After the excellent response recorded by the Greece, Italy could propose the same project again and aim to have All Covid-free islands to save the summer season. The Hellenic islands will be fully vaccinated by May so that the tourist season can start without problems or worries. A status that all of our country's islands hope to gain soon and that has been externalized several times by mayors.
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The Greece model LIKE ALL. Residents and workers from the smaller islands in Campania (Ischia, Capri and Procida), Sicily (Aeolian, Egadi and Pelagie Islands), Puglia (Tremiti), Lazio (Ponza) and Tuscany (Elba and Giglio Island) would be affected. The government, through Tourism Minister Massimo Garavaglia, opens to the possibility: "We could do it, there is an open table, the point is to create mechanisms for which circulating is easy. The direction seems quite clear to me." The request by Ancim, the National Association of Small Island Municipalities, has been taken up by Emergency Commissioner Francesco Figliuolo, who plans to vaccinate residents from late April.
The situation in Campania and U.S. tourism
The same extraordinary commissioner for the Covid emergency has initiated "planning related to the organizational arrangements for carrying out the vaccination campaign for the benefit of the population in the smaller islands." Guarantees are needed but the direction is quite clear. In fact, Bernabò Bocca, president of Federalberghi, speaking about Capri, was keen to emphasize that, "Without U.S. tourism, the island faces a 35% drop in attendance in July and August. Security matters a lot to the Americans and they will come to our islands only if they are free of the virus, otherwise they will choose the Cyclades."
Campania itself prepared a 20,000-vaccination ad hoc plan for its islands. Project slipped because it was not included in the guidance issued by the Ministry of Health.
The summer craving of Elba, Aeolian, Egadi and Tremiti islands
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Portoferraio Mayor Angelo Zini, president of the Conference of Mayors of Elba, has set a date. "We have a clear horizon and hope that the goal can be realized. Vaccinate by the end of May all the vaccinable population to make The island of Elba safe for its inhabitants and tourists", these are his words. Instead, the Aeolian Islands are aiming for a Covid-free summer and a Lipari 2,500 people have already been vaccinated. The smaller islands are already involved in the vaccination campaign with the possibility already present to book. In Favignana and Marettimo, there has been no infection for two months and mass vaccination is being considered. The Tremiti Islands seem to be immune to Covid and aiming as soon as possible for the vaccination campaign, possibly by mid-May, so that we can become a tourist destination again.
The requirements for islands
According to early speculation, the requirements for vaccination could be. the presence of a health care facility and provide certain information about the area that will be designated as a mass vaccination center. In addition, all details about the local medical health personnel and whether there are any health emergency management procedures in place. To speed up the project, the aim is also to manage the phase prior to mass vaccination with rapid testing at ports and airports. This method could also be extended to resorts that can be reached by car, asking for help from hotels, campgrounds and B&Bs.
