“There is a risk that the epidemic will degenerate”

COVID-19, the Lombardy prepares for a new squeeze due to increased contagion, with an order of Lombardy region that will come into effect from tomorrow. No lockout or curfew, but there will be more restrictions for Pub me restaurants, plus checks and a partial refund of the online teaching for high school, to avoid crowds in public transport.

Fontana: “There is a risk that the epidemic will degenerate”

“The new measures will not be dramatic – explained the Lombard governor, Attilio fontana, at the end of the summit with the Lombard mayors, with the prefect of Milan, Renato saccone, and with the group leaders of the parties in the Regional Council, in which the proposals to be taken to the Scientific Technical Committee were discussed. The Lombards may be less concerned, but they must be vigilant about measures, otherwise there is a risk that the epidemic will degenerate. I’m less worried than in March.

Reduce night life

The provisions of the ordinance will be homogeneous throughout Lombardy, there will be no more restrictions in Milan or in the most affected areas because, as Fontana pointed out, “unfortunately the virus has spread throughout the region.” One of the goals is to reduce night life: Therefore, the consumption of beverages on public land will be prohibited after a specified time. Among the hypotheses in the field is also the one that I Pub from 6 in the afternoon they will be open only for table service and in any case pub me Pub closure could be anticipated twenty-one, While by and restaurants the hypothesis is to close in 2. 3. But this will be confirmed or not by the ordinance that will take effect from tomorrow.

“Let’s not talk about curfews, please – declared the prefect of Milan, Renato Saccone – because our life does not depend only on the opening of a bar or a restaurant. The controls will be even more incisive and massive with the new ordinance.

Fontana then said that «we will ask the government foresee in a decisive and significant way compensatory resources for those economic activities that will inevitably suffer repercussions from the results of this decision, shared by all the participants at the table ”.

School and transportation

In terms of schools and public transportation, the Region, in agreement with the mayors, considers that distance education “not absolute but partial” should be used in secondary schools, alternating lessons from home and physical presence at school. Another request is to stagger the entry times to the elections so as not to saturate public transport at peak times.

For universities, distance education should be adopted, as an indication, for all except freshmen and postgraduates. The ordinance also contains the cessation of all regional amateur sports competitions that involve physical contact, including those in the youth sector, as well as the closure of gambling halls, betting halls and bingo. The Lombardy Region, in agreement with the mayors, will also ask the government for an increase in the participation of smartworking for all activities in which it is possible to implement it.

All the parties present at the meeting shared the urgent need to transmit a strong and clear message to the Government about the convenience of activating a school model that includes alternate distance lessons and staggering the school entry schedule, in order to remove pressures. to the local public transportation system. A similar proposal concerns universities for which distance education is requested, with the exception of freshmen and apprentices.

The government will also be asked to increase the smartworking quota, for all activities where it is feasible. We will ask the Government – Fontana concluded – to provide decisive and significant compensatory resources for those economic activities that will inevitably suffer repercussions from the results. of this decision shared by all the subjects sitting at the table today.

Last Updated: Friday, October 16, 2020, 11:24 PM

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