Dpcm November 2020, the orange zone of Campania Covid. High risk

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Campania is the orange zone of Covid in the new Dpcm of November. An ordinance of the Ministry of Health will officially announce it shortly after the publication of the Dpcm in the Official Gazette. It means that Campania has been considered the second area, that is, one of those areas where the level of contagion is high but not at the highest level, a condition that can be reassessed, however, not earlier than 15 days, by ministry with CTS technicians. Higher Institute of Health and listened to the Region and local health authorities.

The Dpcm Conte comes into force on Thursday November 5 and until December 3 and it provides a series of restrictions that will also be applied taking into account the ordinances of the Region, which are more restrictive in some cases.

Let’s see what’s new: It is forbidden to move between the municipalities of the orange zones. I restaurants are closed all day. For schools, the setting for the Orange area provides Dad (distance education) only for high school and face-to-face lessons through eighth grade, but in Campania all schools are already closed except the first year of college.

Basic services, pharmacies and supermarkets (but also kiosks and tobacconists) are open. Travel to and from high-risk regions is prohibited, in the ‘red’ area, but also in those within the so-called ‘orange’ area. Curfew at 10 pm until 5 am, to date, according to regional ordinance, it was from 11 at night.

Orange zone in Campania: the rules

1. curfew from 10 pm to 5 am, except movements motivated by proven work needs, by situations of need or for health reasons;
2. it is forbidden to move between municipalities in the orange zones;
3. any movement in and out of the Regions is prohibited, except for trips motivated by proven work needs or situations of need or for health reasons;
4. bars, restaurants, discos, pubs, ice cream parlors and pastry shops always closed, but they can continue to sell food from take away (until 10pm) or deliver it to your home;
5. shopping centers closed on holidays and pre-holidays, but the food stores, pharmacies, parapharmacies and kiosks located inside will remain open;
6. stores closed, except for the sale of food and basic necessities, both in the context of neighborhood stores and in medium and large-scale distribution, also included in shopping centers
7. markets closed, except for activities for the sale of food products only;
8. 100% distance learning for all high school students;
9. public transport capacity reduced by half (50%);
10. museums and exhibitions closed;
11. corner for games and bingo in closed and tight bars.

Yesterday and tonight the classification of Campania was the subject of a dispute at the technical-political table with the Regions and the government. The governor Vincenzo De Luca He never hid his desire for measures that are not territorial but national (ergo: closure, new Italian closure). This did not happen and De Luca pushed for Campania to be evaluated towards the maximum level of gravity, which was not accepted. The governor commented negatively on the dpcm.

The situation in Campania

The situation in Campania is critical: We are in 44% of intensive care places occupied by Covid patients and the critical ceiling was 30. Record percentage, 21.5 percent, the proportion of positive tampons in Campania according to data from today’s Crisis Unit . We have 2971 positives, one for every 5 swabs performed. Unfortunately, deaths are increasing: there are 48 deaths from coronavirus in Campania between November 1 and 2: in 48 hours, an exact average of one death every hour.

A tragic average: from June to September there were a total of 50 deaths, while in May 54. A figure that further confirms the dark moment of the pandemic in Campania. Tomorrow begins the opening of Covid19 beds in private clinics in Naples; hospitals such as Moscati di Avellino, Cardarelli di Napoli and Neapolitan infectious diseases, Cotugno, They have ambulance lines and private cars at the doors with Covid patients. «The health situation is at the end. We have lines of cars and ambulances near the hospitals. It is a dramatic situation to which is added the social tension that is equally serious and worrying “, says the mayor of Naples, Luigi of Magistris.

HERE the restrictions in the orange zones

HERE those in the red areas that go into lockdown

HERE the list of activities / shops that will remain open in the red zones

HERE the decision for barbers and hairdressers

HERE the decision for bookstores

HERE the full text of the Dpcm