Italy adds three more countries to travel ban list.

Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo have been added to the list of countries banned from entering Italy due to the covid-19 crisis, reports Italian news agency ANSA.

The move, which bans road, rail and air travel from the three countries, was announced by Italy's health minister Roberto Speranza on 16 July.

There are now 16 countries on the travel ban list, first issued on 9 July, which Italy considers as posing an 'elevated risk' of covid-19 contagion.

The updated list now includes: Armenia, Bahrein, Bangladesh, Brasil, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Chile, Dominican Republic, Kosovo, Kuwait, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Oman, Panama, Peru, and Serbia.

Speranza said that Italy would update this list "constantly," adding that the 14-day quarantine remains in place for all arrivals from extra-European countries.

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