ZURICH: Rail network will no longer be halted due to the spread of the new coronavirus between Italy and Switzerland, the Italian transport ministry said on Wednesday.
In lack of capacity to carry out COVID-19 safety checks by rail personnel all cross-border trains between the two countries had been due to be stopped from Thursday ordered by the Italian government.
After Italy’s transport minister Paola De Micheli spoke with her Swiss counterpart Simonetta Sommaruga, the Italian Transport Ministry said connections have now been confirmed.
Both country’s technical experts also discussed how to deal with anti-COVID-19 measures while maintaining rail services, which will gradually return to normal in the next few days, it added.
