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Shops, bars and restaurants closed on holidays and days before holidays: It is the hardening that the government could decide today, Monday, December 14, to avoid what happened in recent days. In the face of the crowds in the streets, the thousands of people queuing to shop and entering restaurants, or crowding into bars for lunch and snacks, “new measures become inevitable” to stop Covid infections. 19. Thus, during the urgent summit requested by the Democratic Party and convened by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte with the heads of delegation, the line of Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede who represents the M5S passes: Urgent call of the Scientific Technical Committee to decide, with the head of the Viminale Luciana Lamorgese, new “anti-assembly measures”.
Travel ban will be lifted on Christmas, December 26 and January 1, 2021 only for small municipalities, the rest of Italy will be considered a “red zone”. The “Merkel model” will be adopted, as the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, has repeatedly invoked, who now reiterates: “It is important that everyone is aware that the situation continues to be very serious.” Conte is well aware that citizens are judged with ten months of restrictions and that is why at night he chooses to launch an appeal via Facebook: «We have all been busy for months, with big and small sacrifices, in the battle against Covid-19 . Our national community, despite a thousand difficulties, has managed to show a strong spirit of cohesion and a great sense of responsibility. I am convinced that we will continue to demonstrate this strength also in the coming weeks, on the occasion of the Christmas holidays.
I would not have gone into the details of the measures, also because we want to wait for the scheduled meeting with the CTS. In fact, today a meeting is scheduled between the heads of the majority delegation, the CTS and the Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese.
“We have all been involved in the battle against Covid-19 for many months, with sacrifices big and small. Our national community, despite a thousand difficulties, has managed to show a strong spirit of cohesion and a great sense of responsibility. I am convinced that we will continue to demonstrate this strength also in the coming weeks, on the occasion of the Christmas holidays. We must continue to commit and remain vigilant to combat contagion, ”writes Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Facebook.
“Consistency”. It is the line of the minister of Iv Teresa Bellanova. “Let’s confront the scientific community and decide on coherent and understandable measures”, is his position. “Even more restrictive than the current ones, if necessary, but understandable. Because only in this way will citizens be induced to respect them ”. Bellanova – it is recalled – had raised this issue at the stop to travel at Christmas and New Year’s Eve that, while blocking the Municipalities, perhaps for distances of less than a kilometer, allows moving through the cities, often at much greater distances.
“We can think of some exceptions for small municipalities” “but small exceptions must remain within the line of rigor and firmness that must be central.” Thus, the 5S sources reaffirm the position of the Movement. The five stars also express their satisfaction with the position adopted in recent hours by the Democratic Party, which has called for additional toughening, although, it is emphasized, in recent days there have been too many “ups and downs” on the part of the Democrats, who have taken the minus 3 different positions.
“The government measures are working. Despite this, the number of victims is dramatic, as well as the total number of positives. Now we must do everything possible not to scatter these results. Therefore, given a certain increase in the risk of social gatherings during the holiday period and the recommendations for prudence and responsibility of the CTS, it is necessary to evaluate the adoption of new measures that guarantee the containment of infections ”. This is what emerged today during a meeting of the Pd ministers with the leaders of the House and Senate group, Secretary Zingaretti and Undersecretary Orlando.
“More restrictions could come in because infections are starting to increase a bit,” said Stefano Bonaccini, president of Emilia-Romagna and the Conference of the Regions. “We must live with the virus – stresses Bonaccini – we must have a balance and a responsibility that tries to reconcile the two things: that the health pandemic is attacked, stopped and then defeated with the vaccine, and avoid the economic and social pandemic.”
Travel exceptions hypotheses affect more than 10 million Italians who live in small municipalities with less than 5,000 inhabitants, which are around 69% of the total Italian municipalities. This is what emerges from an analysis by Coldiretti / Fondazione Divulga.
Abruzzo’s proposal: in the yellow zone on 12/21 – “Abruzzo’s position is that real epidemiological data should be taken into account as a priority when attributing the rank of belonging. In this spirit, we decided to advance the red zone as of Wednesday, November 18, without waiting for the next report from the control room. By accepting this version, Abruzzo could return to the yellow zone no later than Monday, December 21 ”. Supporting him is the Governor of Abruzzo, Marco Marsilio. “Regarding the position of the Region – explains Marsilio – Minister Speranza responded that he is willing to consider Wednesday, December 23 as the starting deadline, recognizing the effects of the autonomous anticipation of the red zone but without ‘repealing’ the length of ‘stay’ periods “.
The scenes of social gatherings for gifts or for an aperitif in the centers of the big cities are worrisome due to the risk of contagion increasing. The commissioner Arcuri defined the meetings as unbearable.
In Milan, queue for an aperitif downtown – In Milan, as in all Lombardy, with the entrance to the yellow zone, from today we return to have lunch in the restaurant and have an aperitif or a coffee in the bar, but until 6 pm The center of Milan, thanks too the beautiful one a sunny day after so many days of rain, he was literally assaulted by people: there are those who walk, those who buy Christmas gifts and those who return to do the aperitif ritual. In Camparino, a historic place at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, there is a queue of people ready to enter to have a cocktail at the counter or to sit at the table in the outdoor area. Among them is Paolo in the company of a friend: “we miss the aperitif at the bar a lot and this morning we went out to indulge ourselves”.
In Rome, the shopping rush, traffic and crowds in the center – Full house even today in the center of Rome, also thanks to the sunny day. Traffic in the central streets and busy shopping streets, looking for Christmas gifts. Yesterday too many people on the street, especially in the afternoon when it was necessary to implement some closures in via del Corso at the crossroads with via del Parliament, via della Vittoria and piazza del Popolo at intervals of about 15 minutes, as well as the closure of bus stops metro “Flaminio” and “Spagna” for about 2 hours. In the controls ordered by the Costumer to verify compliance with social distancing and the use of personal protective equipment, as part of the anti-covid measures, yesterday 665 people and 121 businesses controlled.
Crowd in the center of Bologna for shopping – The center of Bologna was full on the penultimate Sunday before Christmas, with ‘rivers’ of people who from late in the morning went out to the streets of the pedestrian zone “T” to buy and walk, taking advantage of the sunny day and the restaurants open for lunch. . In addition to the shopping streets in the shops, the Piazza Santo Stefano is also very popular, where the traditional antique market is installed.
