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From this Saturday until Monday, the three holidays in Italy for Holy Week, the country will remain completely closed, as a “red zone” has been decreed throughout the territory, which forces not to leave the house if it is not for emergency or work, and the closure of all stores, a situation that will not change throughout April due to an epidemic curve that does not end as expected.
The train stations and airports full of tourists in previous years in this period to enjoy the holidays, appeared today half empty and only passengers who justify returning to their place of residence to spend these days are seen.
Although it is allowed to go to airports to travel abroad, the Government decreed a few days ago the obligation of a five-day quarantine and a new coronavirus test at the end, for those who return until April 6 from countries of the European Union (EU), so many have preferred to give up their desire for a vacation outside of Italy.
To enforce the closures, controls have been increased on the exit roads of the big cities and also on the coastlines, which in these days used to be filled with visitors.
The only exception is that it is allowed to leave the house to visit relatives and friends, but only two adults with children under 14 years of age or with dependents, the same number of people that can be received at home, and only in the same municipality.
This is a measure to allow small family lunches on these dates when it is traditional in Italy to get together.
In the last 24 hours, Italy registered 21,932 new infections and 481 deaths, reaching 110,328 deaths since the pandemic began in February last year.
Despite the fact that the RT contagion index has fallen for the first time in weeks 1 and stands at 0.98, as has the incidence that has decreased to 232 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on average, the epidemiological curve has not finished. descend as expected.
According to the latest data, there are still twelve regions with the occupation of intensive care beds by Covid-19 patients above the 30% safety threshold. Of the 565,295 current positives, 32,408 are admitted and of these, 3,704 also require intensive care.
For this reason, half of Italy (Valle d’Aosta, Piedmont, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Apulia, Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, Tuscany, Calabria and Campania) will continue after Easter in the red zone until at least April 20 and the rest of the country in the orange zone, in which greater mobility and the opening of some activities are allowed.
The big difference from the past will be that, as of Wednesday, when the school holidays end, the Government approved that schools do not close again until the first year of secondary education, even if the region enters the red zone.
