Masks should also be worn outdoors

10/08/2020 Health, Italy, Sports



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«We are in a new stage, with a resurgence of infections“Where necessary”more rigor»Avoid« in all respects more restrictive measures for productive and social activities ». Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announces the new restriction to prevent Italy from falling back into the dark months of the emergency COVID-19, with collapsed hospitals and a row of coffins in military trucks, and to protect health that “remains first” among the government’s priorities: obligation to always wear a mask and maximum attention even at home, in the company of family and friends.

The leap forward of infections, with 3,678 new cases, a thousand more in one day and above all an increase that has not been registered since April 16 with the country locked up, and the 31 victims -Never so many since the end of June- leave no room for interpretation: the virus is advancing in all regions for ten consecutive weeks. “Time to get your attention back», Confirms the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, with the government and citizens that they should have a single objective”avoid a new national blockade»That the country would not hold, from the economic and social point of view.

The new restrictions come at the end of the Council of Ministers that approved the resolution to extend the state of emergency until January 31, 2021 and the decree law that extends the current measures until October 15. By that date there will be the new Dpcm But in the meantime, the government has launched what it considers to be the most urgent measures. Starting from the use of masks, from which only those under 6 years of age, those who perform physical activity and those who suffer from diseases and disabilities not compatible with their use are exempt. The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella signed the decree law, published in the Official Gazette: the new obligations are, therefore, in force from 8 October.

«From now on you have to take them with you when you leave home and Use them in any case – says the premier – unless you are in a situation of continuous isolation, for example if you are isolated in the field or in the mountains. For the rest, however, the mask must not only be worn, but also ”. A concept clarified in the note from Palazzo Chigi: “Protection devices should not only be used in closed places accessible to the public, as has been the case until now, but also indoors other than private houses and also in all outdoor places“The only exception is when” the condition of isolation of people who do not live together is permanently guaranteed. ”

The prime minister, however, goes further and invites Italians to be prudent at home. A “strong recommendation” to wear a mask and keep your distance even in private homes when receiving friends and family, because that is where the infection spreads. On the other hand, all the protocols currently planned for economic, productive, administrative and social activities are confirmed. Thus in the workplace current safety regulations remain. Just as the measurements within schools do not change: the mask must be used every time you move while you are at the desk, if the distance of one meter is respected, you can run out.

The other point on which the government intervened refers the powers of the Regions. The governors will be able to continue dictating harsher ordinances than those of the executive, but they will not be able to adopt other more “expansive”, therefore more permissive, if not “in agreement” with the Minister of Health and previous opinion of the CTS. “We consider it opportune and necessary – says Conte – to recover the relationship between the State and the Regions that we had built in the hardest phase.” “With today’s options – Speranza adds – we mark a change, not more ordinances to expand but ordinances that are beginning to say be careful because the situation is serious and delicate».

Not a tear, therefore, but, from the government’s point of view, a return to collaboration in February and March also confirmed by the reopening of the control room between the Executive and the local authorities, to have a daily discussion. The president of the Conference Stefano Bonaccini has already announced the first request that comes from the territories: increased capacity in sports facilities, in theaters and museums. Pressure from the president of Emilia Romagna also ahead of the Formula 1 grand prix at Imola. “Let us take this week to address all the other issues that we consider necessary,” concedes the Minister of Regional Affairs, Francesco Boccia. Although it will be difficult to explain to citizens why the government also imposes a mask on those who walk alone on the street and then decide to open the buildings to more than a thousand people.