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Rome and the rest of Italy could become Red zone. The government is thinking about it, as confirmed by the prime minister Giuseppe Conte: “We will make some adjustments.” However, a first tightening could also refer to increased controls already of this weekend.
The decision will be made in the next few hours, but the goal will probably be to make the matches that took place across Italy over the weekend impossible. In Rome, even last weekend, via del Corso was full of people busy shopping for Christmas gifts.
“We counted almost 900 deaths in the last 24 hours, we cannot take it lightly. If we had 1,550 because maybe no action will be taken, in the end we will be forced to close. This is what we absolutely want to avoid, because we have to.” . I love the people, the families and the economy of this country ”, Gianni Rezza, general director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, stressed yesterday during the press conference on the analysis of the epidemiological situation of Covid-19 in Italy. “If the sacrifices” requested now “will be rewarded with the fact that a harder confinement will not be necessary – he continues – it is important to carry them out”. In short, there is still to be discussed.
The Councilor for Health of Lazio: “Yes to the red zone throughout Italy”
Who is in favor of the extreme measure is Lazio’s health advisor, Alessio D’Amato: “I agree with a red zone spread throughout Italy,” he said speaking at Spallanzani in Rome at the inauguration of new intensive care beds .
D’Amato explained: “Lazio has always remained in the yellow zone, we have the lowest fatality and incidence rates nationwide in relation to the population. At the same time, it must be said that phenomena such as those we have seen recently (the Natale shopping fever, ed) could question the results achieved so far. That is why it is important that measures be taken, but I know that the Government is working on this at this time “.
What can and cannot be done to date
At the moment there are already some rules for the Christmas holidays. Travel between regions is prohibited from December 21 to January 6 and travel between municipalities is prohibited on December 25, 26 and New Year’s Eve. Many work and live off-site in the capital who, at least for the moment, know when they will be able to hug their loved ones again in different cities of Italy. Roman vacationers who have second homes in the neighboring regions of Abruzzo, Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, and Campania now know what time frame they can move in.
What can happen in the next few hours?
Possibles scenarios At least two. The first with all of Italy, and therefore also Rome and Lazio, in orange zone: this would mean that movements within the municipality itself will be allowed without the need to motivate the movement. Travel to other municipalities or other regions is prohibited 24 hours a day. Bars, patisseries, restaurants and discos are only open for delivery service and take away food.
Otherwise, the most rigid with Italy, and therefore also Rome and Lazio, in Red zone. In this case, all movements will be prohibited, both within the municipality itself and towards neighboring municipalities. Restaurants and bars would remain closed, but also shops.
Then there is the curfew chapter: today begins at 10 pm and ends at 5 am the next day, in the next few hours it could be brought forward to 6 or 8 pm Christmas mass could be “saved.”
The ball goes to the Government: what will happen?
The stiffer wing of the government pushes a tougher line. An extreme measure that would mean closing restaurants, lowering the blinds of non-food businesses and the prohibition of driving through the Municipality, if it were not for urgency, health and necessity.
On Di Tuesday television, Minister Francesco Boccia does not announce gifts: “Is there a Christmas dinner? My answer is no. Taking meetings is crazy.” The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, aims to “close as much as possible”, on the other hand the Scientific Technical Committee has repeatedly stressed that “we must toughen measures and increase the controls “and then launch a mini Christmas lockdown.
For the moment, the plan envisaged by the Ministry of the Interior foresees the use of 70,000 agents, to which will be added the military who already work in Safeways. In the meantime, the government will meet with the Regions precisely to understand whether and how to implement new squeezes to avoid the dangerous meetings seen during the weekend and avoid unnecessary trips. The CTS recommends paying special attention to confined spaces or where it is possible to remove the mask. The next hours will be decisive.
Minister Speranza and the vaccine
“The one with the covid vaccine is the most important challenge in the next few months. – Minister Roberto Speranza wrote on Facebook today – Italy has always worked to ensure that Ema’s approval process was rigorous, transparent and fast at the same time. It is good news that this process can be completed before Christmas. It will mean that we will finally have an effective and safe vaccine available. “
“I have proposed, together with the ministers of 7 other European countries, including France and Germany, that vaccinations start on the same day in early December. We still need caution and prudence in the coming months, until we achieve sufficient vaccination coverage. , but the road is to the right and we finally see the light at the end of the tunnel ”, he concluded.
