New decree, fewer competitions for the Regions and mandatory masks (not when doing sports or in an isolated place)

Outdoor masks always, throughout the national territory. But during sports there is no obligation to use them. And with one other exception: the use of devices is not mandatory when “the condition of isolation is continuously guaranteed” (for example, a walk on a deserted beach). With a four-page, seven-article provision, the government is trying to resolve the legislative mess caused by Tuesday’s absences in the House. The draft decree law that is being examined by the Council of Ministers extends the state of exception until January 31, 2021, reduces the powers of regional presidents over the containment of Covid (they can only issue restrictive ordinances with respect to those of the government and they will no longer loosen the prohibitions), regulates the use of outdoor masks, extends until October 31 the terms of the dismissal fund in repeal contained in the Decree Law of Relaunch of August 14, 2020 and extends the life of the Dpcm of September 7 due at midnight on Wednesday.

The decree of the Prime Minister, whose process had stalled due to too many absences in Montecitorio related to the virus, it remains valid until October 15 “and in any case at the latest”. The novelty is “the obligation to always carry a respiratory protection device” and to carry it “in closed places accessible to the public, including means of transport, and in all places outdoors when it is in proximity to other people who do not coexist, and in any case without prejudice to the anti-contagion protocols established for certain economic, productive and social activities, as well as the guidelines for the consumption of food and beverages. ”Of the obligation that I am excluding «subjects who practice sports», Children up to 6 years, people whose disability is incompatible with the use of the mask and their companions (if they cannot wear it).