Checks at airports and railway stations in the capital to monitor the arrival of fans from England, blocking of ticket sales with cancellation of tickets sold from 28 June and careful checks at the entrances to the Olimpico and in the fan zones. Maximum attention is paid to Saturday's match at the Olimpico, in light of the alarm for the Delta variant which even today recorded a large number of infections in Great Britain, 28 thousand, compared to just 22 deaths and very small numbers. in intensive care the result of the vaccination campaign. Strengthened services to verify compliance with the mandatory 5-day quarantine for those arriving from the UK.
For this reason the checks in the nightlife areas and in the places of attraction of the capital will also be strengthened. Confirmed the quota of accesses with the gates in some squares such as Campo dè Fiori, Trevi Fountain and Piazza di Spagna. Meanwhile, Uefa, on a proposal from the Department of Public Security, ordered the "mandatory block on the sale and transferability of tickets by 9pm today and the cancellation of tickets sold to residents of the United Kingdom starting at 00 on 28 June". Strict checks have been set up to verify compliance with the provision issued by UEFA. The other control and monitoring measures will be finalized tomorrow in a technical table at the police station.
Although the British authorities in the past few hours have already warned the thousands of supporters who were looking for a ticket with a peremptory "Do not go to Rome", it is not possible to exclude that groups of supporters will still try to reach the capital in the next few hours. trying to get around the prohibitions. "British citizens already present in the capital are welcome - said the regional councilor for health, Alessio D'Amato in an interview with the Messenger -. But we must be ready to intervene, if someone does not respect the provisions". And he stressed that those who appear at the stadium violating the quarantine risk "also a criminal complaint for the crime of culpable epidemic, if it is positive and if they are aware that they have fallen ill".
While the Undersecretary of the Interior Ivan Scalfarotto assured: "The government has established the maximum level of checks for Saturday's match in Rome, checks that will be extended as much as possible for the English away: from the arrival to the turnstiles of the Olympic. Anyone arriving now from the United Kingdom will not be able to go to the stadium because the terms of the quarantine that the government has imposed have expired and once they return home the British will have to undergo a further ten-day isolation regime ". A double quarantine, 5 days in Italy and 10 in the motherland, in short, which should discourage the desire for live cheering of the English suppoters.