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Travel from US to Rome

So just to be clear. A negative Covid test is required 72 hours before entering Italy but a negative Covid test is required 48 hours before arrival at the Roma airport?

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The requirement, if coming on a direct flight from the US or Canada, is 72 hours. If you transit through another Country, that could reduce that to 48 hours. This was mainly the case if transiting through the UK (London Heathrow), but that requirement may have gone away with the last update a couple days ago.

Keep in mind though, you need results in hand when you check in, or at the latest when you board your trans-Atlantic flight.

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Thank you and sorry to follow up one last time but the negative test result is within 72 hours before the time I am supposed arrive in the airport in Rome? And hopefully the flight is not delayed.

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Yes, it is no earlier than 72 hours before arrival in Rome. A flight delay is not really a concern, unless it occurs before check-in. Once checked in and the test is accepted, if things are off a few hours, it would not be caught (no one in Italy will be reviewing the test). There supposedly are allowances as well for the airlines to allow an extension, if valid delays justify it.

The best option is to get a Rapid Antigen test the day before travel, results can be in as little as an hour, most places guarantee no more than 24 hours.