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The coronavirus seems to be slowing down, but it is still too early to understand how Italians will spend the Christmas holidays. “It will depend on the data of the epidemic. We will see it after the last Dpcm expires, on December 3”, explains Francesco Boccia. The Minister of Regional Affairs promises “rigor”, because “the priority is to make the country safe from the point of view of health”, but more than one in the government hopes to save at least the Christmas Eve dinner, and New Year’s Eve , postponing it for a few hours. the curfew that now begins at 10 pm, but a possible easing will be decided on the basis of the data also in light of the results at the expiration of the Dpcm, or on December 3. “There is no need for rules to live Christmas, Italians are responsible,” Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini cuts short, but among virologists there are those who hold out, fearing that the ‘free all’ will grow the virus again.
Like last summer. In many cities, lights are already illuminating the streets and some ornaments appear from the shops that are still open, but it is still difficult to say if in 40 days everyone will be around the tree without having to deal with the pandemic.
“The illusion is to arrive with the lowest possible Rt, but then we cannot think of making exceptions in that period, giving rise to the celebrations to which we were accustomed”, says the president of the Superior Council of Health Franco Locatelli, according to whom ” they will take into account all the measures so as not to frustrate the efforts that we will carry out until Christmas time ”.
If the medical director of Spallanzani in Rome, Francesco Vaia, rejects what he calls “catastrophic visions”, Giovanni Di Perri, virologist responsible for Infectious Diseases at the Hospital ‘Amedeo di Savoia’ in Turin, is categorical: “I do not recommend meeting, if We do not risk starting over, as is the case with the returns of summer vacations – he argues – It is to be expected for public health, for the good of all, to reactivate the economy that “parties and dinners are prohibited.” In short, waiting for the rules for now, common sense dictates a “Family Christmas” but few and at home.
Codacons already anticipates that consumption will fall to 8,550 million euros (-14.5%), with a loss that could reach 1,500 million and also affect the food sector, as well as gifts and decorations for the holidays . It is the price to pay to get out of the pandemic as soon as possible, even if it were possible to have a few hours of serenity. “Lifting the curfew at Christmas? We have not talked about that yet – explains the Minister of Agriculture, Teresa Bellanova -. It is not a question of being for or against, it is about working and committing everyone in a responsible way to arrive on vacation with a health problem. better than now. “
Lest anyone have any illusions, they will be parties at home, to be spent with close relatives in full compliance with the popular adage that Christmas is “with you.” This time with many masks and spaces. “We know,” Bellanova concludes, “that he will be sober in everyone’s behavior, because we have seen what summer entailed for relaxation, when it was thought that the opening of discos could give space to greater sociability without respecting the rules that we commonly share. Christmas should not be this, from now until then we must all be committed so that this health emergency does not intensify, but slows down. ”And my best wishes to all.
