Christmas, Covid and travel: Pd calls for new measures

Published on: 12/13/2020 6:09 PM

New measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus. You are asked by the Democratic Party, as it emerged today during a meeting of Democratic Party ministers with House and Senate group leaders, Secretary Nicola Zingaretti and Undersecretary Andrea Orlando.

The movements between municipalities during the holidays, object of the measures contained in the decree and in the Christmas dpcm, are at the center of the meeting of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte with the heads of delegation, the Minister of the Regions Francesco Boccia, Undersecretary Riccardo Fraccaro, the Minister of Relations with the Parliament Federico D’Incà.

A majority motion is coming up that will be presented tomorrow morning in the Senate with the objective of the question of mobility between different municipalities at Christmas. The content of the motion should foresee some exceptions and refer only to the smallest municipalities.

“The measures indicated a few weeks ago by the government to contain the pandemic curve are working. If the situation in many regions improves, it is only thanks to these containment measures and consistent and responsible behaviors. Despite this, the number of victims is so dramatic. as the total positives. Now we must do everything possible not to disperse these results and not go backwards, ”said the leaders of the Democratic Party.

Therefore, given a certain increase in the risk of social gatherings due to the holiday period and the recommendations for prudence and responsibility of the national scientific committee, it is necessary to evaluate the adoption of new measures to ensure the containment of infections ”.