The grip against contagion: outdoor masks, limited parties and discos until 11pm

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At this point, the bar of 3,000 cases of Covid a day is getting closer and closer. And the upward trend scares the government that is preparing the new Dpcm that will be signed on Tuesday. The decree will expand all measures against contagion, from distancing to regulations on production and transport activities, but it should also introduce new restrictions: from the outdoor mask throughout Italy (now mandatory only in closed places), after Some Regions have pioneered the contingent number of appearances at ceremonies, parties and private events, up to the possibility of anticipating the closure of restaurants and nightclubs at 11pm.

The outdoor mask throughout Italy

The Dpcm will be reduced to the decision to ask Parliament to extend the state of emergency until January 31: the resolution with the extension of the state of emergency could arrive on Monday night at the table of the Council of Ministers. The Executive is “working to avoid a new confinement that we should not allow ourselves,” explains the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, who closes the possibility of increasing the maximum threshold of a thousand fans in the stadium for Serie A matches and, before the multiplication of infections between schools, he says: “We want to keep schools open even though there will be more infections.” The most important novelty of the new Dpcm could be the obligation to wear an outdoor mask throughout the national territory. The reflection is still ongoing, the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, has been a hard line since the beginning of the crisis and the orientation in the government is favorable, also because several regional presidents have already issued ordinances to ask citizens to cover their noses. and mouth even in the street, especially to avoid contact between children when leaving schools and at night in meeting places

The other measures under study

Meanwhile, the Scientific Technical Committee on the eve of the new Dpcm has indicated its line: limitation of the quota of attendance at private parties and on the occasion of events and ceremonies. According to scientists, to avoid a significant increase in contagion and the need for a general lockdown, a progressive restriction of measures will be necessary in the fall season. And among those that the Dpcm could outline there is a possible closure of nightlife with anticipated closing times of places (it is assumed at 11 at night) as has already happened in France and England or even private parties reduced to a few participants and baptisms and weddings in closed numbers. Because infections at this time multiply especially in families and in meetings between friends, relatives and acquaintances. Finally, as mentioned, there will be an obligation to wear an outdoor mask throughout Italy. While the Cts has summoned the emergency commissioner Domenico Arcuri to take stock of the possible lack of masks and other safety devices among doctors and hospital health workers.