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COVID-19

including family visits are allowed Cyprus. In Italy alone, Indonesian number (+393389234243) that
without presenting any declaration citizens amounted 3,153 people, of can be contacted 24/7 on issues
forms, restaurants and retail activ- which 463 are students, 355 Indo- related to Covid-19 in Italy and
ities start to open, salons (barber- nesian Migrant Workers, and 847 consular services and other re-
shop) and other stores start oper- men/women married to Italian cit- lated issues. During the early
ating on May 18 2020, along with izens. Most of Indonesian citizens period of the pandemic, the ho-
th
the opening of museums, libraries, who live in Italy are staying in the tline numbers received around
bookstores and children’s clothing northern part of Italy such as Mi- 20 calls and text every day. The
store. lan and other several cities. task force also set up routine
meetings to assess situation and
Starting from June 3 , almost all As covid-19 pandemic spreads in issues related to the protection of
rd
economic activities have been re- Italy, the Embassy has taken sev- Indonesian nationals.
opened and outbound as well as eral strenuous efforts especially in
inbound travel to and from Italy the context of protection of Indo- Second, dissemination informa-
are gradually back to normal. The nesian nationals interest. This pro- tion is of paramount during the
Italian government is always eval- tection is of importance, as it is one crisis. In this context, the Embas-
uating situation regularly for the of mandatory tasks that has been sy has set up special Whatsapp
implementation of further policies. stipulated in the 1945 Indonesian group which consist of represen-
Constitution (UUD 1945). Some tative of Indonesian communi-
Indonesian Embassy deals the efforts and policies, including: ties in Italy, including Indone-
Covid-19 Pandemic sian Student Association in Italy
First, setting up a special task force, (PPI- Italy) and other groups.
According to the Embassy data, as namely “Indonesian Embassy Task Separate line of communications
of July 2020, there are 3.552 Indo- Force in combating Covid-19” and were also establish to commu-
nesian citizens in Italy, Malta, and also established a special hotline nicate with Indonesian crews

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