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A white zone from January 15, when the last one expires Dpcm, with the farewell to the curfew, reopening of restaurants, bars, pubs, cinemas, gyms, swimming pools, museums and theaters in lower risk regions. The proposal first reports the Corriere della Sera, came from the Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini and supported by the Minister of Justice Alfonso Bonafede.
The white zone, OR green – as it is also defined – would aim give hope to citizens in this beginning of the year considered by all – thanks to the arrival of vaccines – the beginning of the end of the pandemic.
It is currently unknown what will happen to the regions after January 6, what measures will come into force once the Christmas Decree has expired and if a new Dpcm will be issued to replace the one in force until January 15.
On the government table there are several options under consideration, including a return to the yellow zone throughout Italy but reinforced, with orange and red zone measures on weekends. It remains to be seen whether the new regulations will be established by means of a new Dpcm, a decree-law or a ministerial order.
White zone after January 15: what is it
On the call white or green area the regions or areas with the best indicators, including lower Rt index and intensive care capacity. Here, places of culture, covered sports centers may reopen, there will no longer be a curfew from 10 pm to 5 pm, and restaurants and bars may reopen without a time limit, but always with the obligation to respect and enforce the anti-contagion regulations (use mandatory mask, interpersonal distancing and ban on meeting).
The white zone would be the prelude to a gradual return to normality, much more than the coveted yellow zone that still has limits. Criteria to be defined and the value of the index Rt for which the white zone is activated. According to rumors, the government has in mind to modify the indicators with which it decides to enter the regions in one or another risk band.
According to reports Republic, to access the green zone a region must not have more than 50 cases of Covid per 100,000 inhabitants. Therefore, the incidence of the virus would be crucial, but it may not be enough: let’s think about the Calabria, which currently has the lowest incidence in Italy (131 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants) but, due to the situation of its health system, runs the risk of remaining in the red zone.
