Italy and Britain have imposed strict rules on holidaymakers returning home, following a recent pick-up in novel Coronavirus infections in several European countries.

With daily cases rising over 500, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza signed an ordinance mandating travellers returning from Spain, Croatia, Malta and Greece to undergo COVID-19 test, reported the Guardian. "We need to maintain the utmost caution in order to defend what we have achieved so far. People returning from these countries will now have to have swabs".