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The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, will sign in the afternoon a new ordinance that increases the number of red zones, extending them to Campania and Tuscany, as well as to Calabria, Lombardy, Piedmont and Val d’Aosta, classified as areas with the highest risk of contagion already by the ordinance of November 4, and the autonomous province of Bolzano, from November 10.
Instead, the new ordinance places Emilia-Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, and Marche in orange areas like Abruzzo, Basilicata, Liguria, Puglia, Sicily, and Umbria. The yellow zones of Lazio, Molise, Sardinia, Veneto and the autonomous province of Trento are maintained.
The change in the risk level of the regions was decided by the control room of the Istituto Superiore della Sanità and the Ministry of Health based on the R indext and 21 parameters that include the number of hospital admissions and the percentage of positive swabs in all swabs performed in the week of November 2 to 8. Regarding the new ordinance, Minister Speranza listened to the presidents of the regions and obtained the positive opinion of the Scientific Technical Committee.
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Yellow areas
In the “yellow” regions, what can be considered the “basic rules” are in force, to which are added the most severe restrictions for the areas with a more serious epidemiological situation. In these regions there is a so-called “curfew” from 10 to 5 in the morning, during which people cannot circulate except for “proven reasons of work, necessity and health” that must be self-certified.
On holidays and the days before holidays, medium and large sales structures are closed, but pharmacies, parapharmacies, health centers, food outlets, tobacconists and kiosks can remain open. Museums and exhibitions are closed. Theaters, swimming pools, gyms, cinemas remain closed and the activities of betting halls, arcades, bingo and slot machines are also suspended in bars and tobacconists. The sports centers remain open.
Teaching is carried out completely remotely in secondary schools, except for laboratory activities and for students with disabilities, while in primary, intermediate and nursery schools they can do face-to-face teaching but with the mandatory use of masks for children under 6 years). Colleges are closed, except for some freshman activities and labs.
The maximum capacity of public transport is reduced to 50 percent, except for school transport.
Restaurants and bars can remain open from 5 to 18: table consumption is allowed for a maximum of four people per table, unless they all live together; after 6 pm it is forbidden to consume food and beverages in public places open to the public. Catering with home delivery and catering with takeaway food is allowed until 10 pm, with prohibition of consumption on site.
Orange areas
In the orange areas, in addition to the limitations provided in the yellow areas, it is forbidden to move within and outside the region and the municipality of residence itself, except for those motivated by proven work needs or situations of need or for health reasons. In any case, it will be allowed to move so that the teaching is carried out in presence: these movements, therefore, concern teachers, students and their caregivers. There are no limits to travel within the municipality of residence, so you can freely leave the house.
– Read also: Frequently asked questions about red area regions
Red zones
In the red zones, all the rules of the yellow and orange zones apply, but it is also forbidden to enter and leave the municipalities of residence or domicile: it is forbidden to leave the house except for proven work needs or situations of need or for health reasons . Returning to one’s home, domicile or residence and the movements strictly necessary to ensure the realization of face-to-face teaching are allowed within the limits in which it is allowed.
All catering services are suspended and only home delivery is allowed and catering with takeaway food is allowed until 22:00. Unlike scenario 3 (orange), retail business activities are suspended, except for the sale of food and basic necessities, even in shopping centers, which remain open only to allow access to these activities. The markets remain closed, regardless of the type of activity that takes place, except those destined to the sale of food products only. Kiosks, tobacconists, pharmacies, parapharmacies and some activities related to personal services, such as hairdressers, barbers and laundries, remain open.
All group sports activities are suspended, even those carried out in outdoor sports centers, but it is allowed to carry out motor activities near your home, respecting physical distance and with the obligation of a mask. On the other hand, individual sports activities are allowed, but outdoors.
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