Passengers and staff to be tested before getting on high-speed trains. First there were the Alitalia covid-free flights between Rome and Milan airports. Now it is the turn of trains. Italy's first covid-free train will operate initially between Rome and Milan from the start of April, announced the CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato, Gianfranco Battisti.

The covid-free model will be extended to "tourist destinations for the summer," said Battisti, stressing the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis in addition to health. Battisti was speaking yesterday at Rome's central train station Termini where the FS group presented the "treno sanitario" in the presence of Italy's health minister Roberto Speranza.