Italy will impose a mandatory five-day coronavirus quarantine for people arriving from EU countries or returning from trips within the bloc until April 6, the health ministry said, writes France24.

Travelers must also take a COVID-19 test at the end of the quarantine period. Similar measures were already in place for trips to countries outside the European Union.

Much of Italy remains under tight coronavirus restrictions as it battles a deadly third wave of infections, with the entire country facing a lockdown over the three-day Easter weekend starting on Saturday.

The new quarantine decree will be effective the day after its publication either Tuesday night or Wednesday, a ministry spokesman said. The only exceptions are for reasons of “proven necessity and urgency”.

The decree came after the hotel industry complained that while travel between Italy’s 20 regions was virtually barred, travel within the EU was allowed with some restrictions.