Italy to make UK visitors undergo 5-day quarantine over Delta variant fears

Tourists will have to undergo a five-day quarantine if they want to see the sights in Italy, such as Venice (Luca Bruno/AP)

Italy is to require people who arrive from Britain to do five days of quarantine as well as take a Covid-19 swab test, starting on Monday.

The Italian health minister, Roberto Speranza, said he signed the order as concern builds about a soaring increase of coronavirus cases in Britain involving the delta variant.