Movements between municipalities, closed for Christmas and New Year – Chronicle

Rome, December 2, 2020 – “In the days of December 25, 26 and January 1 the government’s orientation is limit travel even between municipalities“. The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, in the Chamber of Senators, during communications on new measures to address the emergency COVID-19, In view of Christmas dpcm, confirm the entries of the last hours.

Movements between regions

Between regions travel will be prohibited from December 20 to January 6. “The guidance of the Government – said the minister – is that during the Christmas holidays international travel should be discouraged and limited travel between regions. Then it will be necessary to avoid possible meetings in places of tourist attraction linked in particular to ski activities. More generally, it is appropriate to reduce the risks of spreading contagion related to moments of aggregation during the Christmas and New Year holidays ”. curfew from 22.

The “basic choices”

Speranza illustrated two “basic choices”. “The first: reconfirming the model for classifying regions by scenario and risk index three zone system gave satisfactory results. The background system is correct and it is working, it allows us to act quickly and proportionally to the different epidemiological conditions. Second option: to face Christmas and the New Year it will be necessary to reinforce the limitations also within the framework of a European coordination that our country has promoted in recent weeks ”, he concluded.

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EU Recommendations

And only today theEuropean Union, with the Health Commissioner, Stella kyriakides, which launched the guidelines in view of the holidays. In order to reduce the risks of transmission in the post-holiday period, we invite you to “consider extending the school holidays” or resort to “an online learning period, to introduce a buffer period and prevent the spread of infections at school “. In the strategy, it also asks “to evaluate not to allow meetings” and “to consider avoiding religious ceremonies with large gatherings, replacing them with online initiatives, on television or radio ”.

“We don’t want to cancel Christmas, but we want it to be safer for everyone. We don’t want Christmas celebrations to become super fuzzy events” from Covid 19, says Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides. “One person dies every 17 seconds in the EU – he warned -. The next holiday period presents particular risks in this fragile context.”