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We are going towards a Covid Christmas with an Italy painted “reinforced yellow”. Thus, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte explained the Government’s intention to the group leaders of the majority parties. If any region could live the holidays with the restrictions already provided for the orange areas, it is now certain that the rest of the country will experience Christmas with greater restrictions than those provided today for the “yellow regions”.
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The executive’s goal is to keep the Rt index below 1, which is to prevent the epidemic from repeating itself again and to prevent the third wave from hitting the country before the vaccination campaign can begin in late January. For this, the executive is evaluating that, in addition to the new Dpcm which must update the one that expires on December 3, a decree law that establishes rules to this for the period from December 4 to January 6. A tool that allows regulatory coverage of restrictions on personal freedoms provided for vacations.
Measurements for Christmas and New Year
“We will introduce ad hoc rules for the holidays”, words of the Prime Minister who sees the form of the decree as a way of acting in the chapter on displacements.
The basic scenario set out in the meeting between the prime minister, the ministers Roberto Speranza and Federico D’Incà and the leaders of the majority group is that of one stop moving between yellow regions from December 21 to January 6 with the exception of family reunification (for close relatives) and trips to second homes.
The ban on reopening ski resorts is now secure, uncertainties about freedom of movement to hotels remain. It is also expected to stop cruising.
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the curfew at 10:00 pm it will also be held at Christmas and New Years. For religious services, the government tends to anticipate the Mass of Christmas at 8:00 p.m. on December 24.
The Regions had asked for more relaxation and surprises are not excluded. Tomorrow Speranza will illustrate the measures in Parliament, then there will be a debate in the Chambers and another debate with the local authorities, before the Council of Ministers at 9:00 p.m.
“Either we do this or we will be overwhelmed by an unstoppable tsunami that will not be limited to the coronavirus, but will increase the risk of dying from a heart attack or an accident because there will be no ambulances, operating rooms or intensive care available,” explains the Cts coordinator Miozzo. – A sober and peaceful Christmas is the only way to truly be a peaceful Christmas. “I myself am used to lunches with 20-30 people at the table, this year it cannot be done. Just as you will not be able to go to the traditional Christmas mass, nor at midnight … I am sure that the good Lord will forgive us.”
An important novelty concerns the school: The government has hypothesized to increase the percentage of students in classrooms as of December 14 by reducing distance education even in secondary schools: “It would be a good sign for children,” said the premier, finding however perplexity in the group leaders present.
Herd immunity if 40 million Italians are vaccinated
Some more details have arrived from the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza on the lines of the Vaccine plan. Hope would have expressed the strategic importance of flexing the epidemiological curve so as not to make the third wave coincide with the vaccination campaign that will begin in gyms and fairs. “The objective is not to start with the obligation in the vaccination campaign against Covid but with the persuasion and information to achieve herd immunity with 40 million Italians.”
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