Covid, local closures of 2-3 weeks in risk areas. Monday dpcm, tomorrow’s summit with the Regions

What next decisions await us? A narrow at the local level in the areas of the national territory where the Rt index is higher. This is the hypothesis in which the government works in these hours. The possibility seems to take hold stop movement between regions, except for work, health and emergency reasons. Possibility supported by the Minister of Justice and Head of M5S Delegation, Alfonso Bonafede. A new dpcm is expected on Monday, November 2. According to executive sources, the issue was discussed at the afternoon meeting at Palazzo Chigi between Giuseppe Conte, the heads of delegation and the CTS. They were also present at the meeting Silvio Brusaferro (President of the National Institute of Health), Franco Locatelli (President of the Superior Council of Health), Agostino Miozzo (coordinator of the CTS) and the commissioner Domenico Arcuri. No decisions are expected for today, but Conte and the majority should meet again tomorrow.

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Cancelleri: stopping the contagion curve. “We must stop the contagion curve that, unfortunately, continues to grow right now. If necessary, we will evaluate closures of two or three weeks for those areas that present more worrying figures these days. This was stated in a note by the Vice Minister of Transport, Giancarlo Cancelleri.

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A urgent meeting of the Scientific technical committee meanwhile, it is already underway. On the table of experts is the list of the areas considered to be of greater risk with respect to which more restrictive measures will have to be evaluated in the coming hours. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said he was worried since morning. “We are working to understand if further action is needed,” he told the Il Foglio Festival regarding the new measures against the Covid pandemic. “For the scope of this second wave there is no manual or crystal ball, the numbers are very worrying across Europe,” added Conte. Regarding the vaccine, he said that to see its effects “we have to wait for spring when the doses for everyone will foreseeably arrive.”

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The Minister of Regional Affairs Francesco Boccia, in an isolated way at home because positive, analyzing the ISS data with the number of infections yesterday, today he said that if necessary, localized and focused blockades of three weeks will be carried out. “If necessary, if necessary one, two, three weeks off in some territories, because RT is not the same everywhere, this obviously at this time must be explained well and also must be promoted through the technological tools that we have equipped, “said Boccia, specifying that” at this time the internal areas are not in the state of metropolitan areas, where there is a greater difficulty linked to population density ”.

“Today we have everything,” he concluded, “the fans are there, the tools are there, the teams are there, the companies have certain protocols and have invested, and for that I thank them, as well as the merchants, who take care of it. of services, all of them, and they are things for which we are aware that having invested does not mean having lost but having guaranteed security for today or tomorrow ».

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The curve is experiencing such a rapid ascent that there is a risk of questioning face-to-face teaching, some regional presidents have done so, it is not our goal, we continue to defend face-to-face teaching until the end. But we must remain vigilant to continue and guarantee the protection of the health of the economic fabric ”.

Azzolina’s response is ready: “Keeping schools open means helping the weakest sectors of the population. It means fighting against rising inequalities, an effect unfortunately already underway due to the pandemic. It means protecting students, but also many women, many mothers, who risk paying a heavy price. Widening the gap between rich and disadvantaged families is a great responsibility. We need to be aware of this. School is the future. Without a school, the country weakens.

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