Fontana, Lombardy measures on distance education, transport, amateur sports

“The new measures will not be dramatic.” This was stated by the President of Lombardy, Attilio Fontana, after the meeting with the mayors by videoconference, talking about the next ordinance that could be issued between this afternoon and tomorrow. “The Lombards may be less worried,” he added in response to a question, “but they should be attentive to the measures otherwise there is a risk that the epidemic will degenerate” “I,” he also added, “am less worried than in March.” The measures are those decided during the meeting with the mayors of Lombardy and the group leaders in the regional council in which the prefect of Milan Renato Saccone also participated and which will be evaluated by the government’s technical-scientific committee that will meet by the night. Here are the Lombardy proposals.

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The ordinance will also be “uniform at the regional level”, it does not essentially foresee different measures according to the territories.

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“The first argument is to reduce the number of people on local public transport” and therefore, linked to this issue, “everyone believes that it is necessary to ask that distance education is not absolute but partial, that there is the possibility of have an alternation of teaching at school and at home, “said Fontana, specifying that distance learning will only affect secondary schools.

“We ask that efforts be made to organize the distribution of the start of school activities, this should lead to a reduction in attendance to public transport.” Another proposal that we will make to the Technical-Scientific Committee “is to ask the university system for the possibility of insisting on distance education to the exclusion of first-year and postgraduate students.”

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Among the hypotheses for the new ordinance is the closure of the premises at 9 pm and the prohibition of the consumption of beverages on public land “after a certain time.” “It was requested by the mayors that greater controls be carried out so that the measures find a precise application,” Fontana added. We have not yet established the time for the prohibition of the consumption of beverages because we want to hear from the Scientific Technical Committee ”. Among the hypotheses in the field is also that the bars will be open only for table service after 6:00 p.m. and in any case, for all pubs and bars the closure could be anticipated at 9:00 p.m. hypothesis is that of a closing at 11pm.

“Starting tomorrow there will be more controls on the” regional “ordinance, even more incisive and massive: the controls are incisive if there is a behavior of adherence of the people – added the prefect of Milan, Renato Saccone – let’s not talk about curfews in favor because our life does not depend only on the opening of a bar and a restaurant “.

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“We think it appropriate to suspend all contact sports, even for the amateur category, but not training”: these are the words of Fontana. Therefore, the order could include a stop to all regional amateur sports competitions that involve physical contact, including those in the youth sector, as well as the closure of game rooms, betting rooms and bingo.