Ferrari employees granted permission to leave Italy for Australian Grand Prix

14 provinces in central and northern Italy and their 16 million inhabitants have been put under quarantine to prevent the coronavirus to spread more than it already has. Italy is the most badly affected country by the virus in Europe, with the death toll rising to 233 and over 1,200 new cases detected in the last 24 hours.

Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte has stated nobody in these provinces is to leave them or indeed the country as a whole unless for working needs or emergencies.

The provinces under quarantine include Modena, the home base of Ferrari. While most of the team are already on their way to Melbourne for next week's Australian Grand Prix, other flights are scheduled for Sunday and Monday, the latter being the day the quarantine takes force. 

Ferrari have confirmed, Motorsport.it report, that they have been granted permission to set off for Australia. Whether they are allowed to travel to Bahrain or Vietnam is a different subject, however, with both countries tightening their borders significantly to Italian residents.