Puglia is in the orange zone: this is what it can and cannot do as of November 6

ROME – Puglia is officially in the orange zone, along with Sicily.

The official announcement, after a whole day of waiting, came during Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s press conference.

So, this is what can and cannot be done:

• It is forbidden to circulate from 10pm to 5am unless work, health and emergency reasons are proven.
• It is forbidden to move within and outside the region and in municipalities other than the one of residence except for accredited reasons of health, work and emergencies and the use of uninsured services in the municipal term. It is recommended to avoid unnecessary travel during the day.
• Bars and restaurants closed 7 days a week; Food is allowed until 10 pm The home delivery service has no restrictions.
• Shopping centers close on holidays and days before holidays except for pharmacies, parapharmacies, food stores, tobacconists and kiosks.
• Museums and exhibitions closed
• Distance education for secondary schools (but in Puglia until the 24th the Region’s ordinance is in force).
• All preselective face-to-face tests for public and private competitions, suspended professional degrees. Allowed only for the medical and healthcare sectors.
• Public transport allowed at 50% of capacity, except school transport.
• Suspended games, video games, bets anywhere.
• Closed swimming pools, gyms, theaters, cinemas. Open sports centers
• Self-certification will be required for departures from regional and municipal borders.

“We must necessarily intervene, pending the availability of vaccines and remedial therapies.”

Twenty-one parameters, the plan “is the compass” that “tells us where to intervene in a specific way,” he explained. The more the virus circulates, the less the health system endures and the tougher the measures are taken. Why diversified measures? Because – he continued – “intervening everywhere has a double negative effect: on the one hand measures that are not effective for the regions at greatest risk and on the other hand measures that are too restrictive for areas where the situation is less serious.”

The new measures come into force on Friday, November 6, “I wanted to postpone it one day,” explained the premier, so that everyone could organize their activities.

“It is a path that we must travel together – Conte concluded – supporting each other”.