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In the Lombardy and Piedmont provinces, restrictions were relaxed on Sunday and shops were opened, with masses flooding the shopping streets of the capitals of the two provinces, the MTI writes.
The shopping streets were filled with masked customers walking through the square in front of the Milan Cathedral, or
queuing in front of the stores, waiting in line to wait for them to enter the stores one by one.
Lombardy, Piedmont and Calabria in southern Italy have also eased the severe restrictions introduced in early November:
these ranges have moved from a highly dangerous red zone to a moderately dangerous orange.
This allowed many stores to reopen, but restaurants are still closed.
in Milan alone, some 12,000 stores were reopened,
as well as the construction of a pine tree in the cathedral square.
In Lombardy, just over 3,000 new infections were found on Sunday, a significant drop since early November, when the number of new infections per day reached nearly 10,000.
In Italy, a total of 20,648 new patients were confirmed on Sunday, down from 26,000 on Saturday.
The government will announce new epidemic measures as of December 4 in the coming days. According to preliminary information, it is expected that territorial restrictions will be relaxed until Christmas,
However, during the holidays, a greater tightening is not ruled out to avoid intensive movements between provinces, as well as large family gatherings.
The Alto Adige Autonomous Region (South Tyrol), which is still a red zone, has announced that it will open the ski slopes from mid-December. However, they added that visitors from outside the domain will only be able to enter with a virus test.
Health Minister Roberto Speranza is scheduled to outline a national distribution plan for the coronavirus vaccine in parliament on December 3. The Ministry foresees the installation of a vaccination center for every 30,000 inhabitants in the vaccination posts installed in gyms, barracks and other places, or in camp hospitals, whose operation will also be assisted by the Armed Forces.
Health experts believe that the vaccination of the population could begin at the end of January.
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