Risposta al COVID-19

Durante tutta la pandemia di Covid-19, il Consolato ha mantenuto una comunicazione interattiva con i cittadini sammarinesi, attraverso lettere, telefonate, sito web e i suoi canali di social media per informarli sulle restrizioni in vigore nel Regno Unito, a San Marino e in Italia, nonché per fornire loro informazioni pratiche sull'accesso ai servizi di base in questi tempi difficili.
Il Consolato ha potuto offrire aiuto anche al governo sammarinese, per superare la difficile situazione causata dalla pandemia del coronavirus, utilizzando i canali diplomatici del Consolato per sensibilizzare il popolo e le istituzioni del Regno Unito sulla terribile situazione che la Repubblica stava affrontando, per raccogliere fondi attraverso i canali dei social media e attraverso donazioni dirette di mascherine facciali e denaro a favore degli ospedali sammarinesi. Il Console, per evitare confische al confine con l'Italia e ulteriori ritardi, ha trasportato e consegnato personalmente le mascherine agli ospedali sammarinesi e al Dipartimento degli Affari Esteri di San Marino.
As a history of success, we could mention the case when a baby girl was born in the UK in the middle of the Covid-19 crisis, at the time of heavy restrictive measures in place. The baby’s father is a San Marino citizen and the mother Italian. The father asked for our help since they couldn’t reach the Italian Consulate and they wanted to travel to San Marino as soon as possible. Due to the dedicated work of the Honorary Consulate’s staff, we have been able to maintain close contact with the parents and provided them information on all the options and procedures applicable to that case. Despite being forced to work remotely, we were able to carry on the procedures to register the baby in San Marino, and in cooperation with the Italian Consulate, we made it possible to obtain the Italian passport for the baby in record time. The baby’s father has sent a letter saying he can’t find the necessary words to thank us and he will come to the Honorary Consulate’s offices to thank us in person.
As well, the Consulate of San Marino in London reacted positively to a request received by Chelsea Academy, a secondary school in London, and has donated to them 1000 face masks for the use of teachers and students. This modest donation by the Consulate of San Marino in the UK reflects the same spirit of solidarity and cooperation that San Marino received from the UK and other countries to overcome the severe situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.