Covid, bars closed at midnight and close to nightlife. Hypothesis stop for amateur sport

Early closing at 24 for bars and restaurants, but the prohibition of the consumption of beverages in front of the premises will start already at 21, to end move. Prohibited private parties in public places with a fixed roof (20 or 30 people) to baptisms, weddings, confirmations. There can be no more than six people at the same table, and the obligation to consume food and beverages only seated will be introduced. The first package of measures to contain Covid infections – which Conte intends to launch tomorrow – taken into consideration yesterday at the meeting at Palazzo Chigi with the majority heads of delegation is the direct question of the data that the Minister of Health hope put on the table: the source of contagion is not offices, supermarkets or transport, where people respect the protocols, but “short range”, that is, cordial encounters relatives, family members, friends. That is, when defenses and masks are lowered.

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Hence not only the squeeze of private parties, but also the obligation of locals to lower the blinds at midnight. A point on which there has been much discussion: Conte and Minister Renzian Bellanova would have liked to avoid early closings, establishing only the prohibition of standing in front of the premises, but Franceschini (Pd) and Speranza (Leu) have not listened to reasons. It must be said that the meeting also considered the possibility of limiting home meetings (10-15 people), but it is clear that this is an impossible mission, except to resort to accusations from neighbors: that is why the government believes that “highly recommended” wearing a mask between relatives who do not live together, dependent on the “responsibility” of citizens. At stake are not only anti-nightlife measures: a remodeling of smart work will be contemplated while the limitation of attendance should be confirmed congresses and public events (200 indoors, 1000 outdoors) for both i theater (200 spectators).

For now, no interventions have been decided on public transport: “We have to talk about it with the competent minister,” Conte said. But it was considered the possibility, if the situation worsens, of limiting the schools land the hours of attendance and the risks that amateur sport produces were analyzed, and someone suggested the possibility of stopping or blocking all “contact”soccer, football, basketball). At present, however, they are all less likely interventions: the proportionality criterion is the Pole Star that the prime minister wants to follow. The goal is to reduce circulation without excessively harassing the business. It is not necessarily sufficient, but the government in emergency shutdown it was clear: Italy cannot afford it.

And on the other hand, if it is true that the rate of infections grows daily, it is equally true that the use of intensive therapy remains well below guard level. Above that level is the crisis of diagnosis: that is, the chaos tampons. To decongest the system, we thought of entrusting the rapid ones to general practitioners and pediatricians, with one question: what happens if a patient is positive? Who makes the molecular buffer? We will see: yesterday was an interlocutory meeting.

Today at 3:00 p.m. there will be a new step: the meeting of technical scientific committee called by Speranza, who will have the issue of tampons on the agenda together with the reduction, from the current 21 to a maximum of 5, of the indicators to monitor the progress of the epidemic. Of course, we will also talk about the measures to include in the Dpcm: The last word will be passed to politics tomorrow, when – after the summit with the Regions – the last summit will take place in which the line of those who want a greater squeeze will be compared with those of those who think of less drastic options. It remains to be seen whether the prime minister will be able, as he would like, to launch it on Monday.