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ROME. The new Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers (Dpcm) could last at least until Sunday, January 10, more likely until January 15, according to sources who attend the Government-Regions summit via videoconference. It will go into effect on December 4, next Friday. The government – also present with the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza – would not have shown any willingness to grant relaxation during the vacation period. In a second phase of the meeting, the intervention of the emergency commissioner Domenico Arcuri on the subject of vaccines is expected.
Certainly, there is no going back in the zone system, with an Italy that, at Christmas, should turn all yellow: the curfew is maintained at 10 pm even on the night between the 24th and the 25th, and between On January 31 and 1, bars and restaurants will close at 6 pm, gyms and pools will be closed.
Christmas without exception
On Christmas Eve, the government seems inflexible: it is no exception to curfew times. Christmas at home, in a “united” family, with the only possible exception that it could affect the grandparents, but the intervention of Commissioner Arcuri in the afternoon will also count on it. There is no mobility between regions.
Ski holiday
Even in winter tourism, the government does not intend to relax the security measures: no to the opening of ski resorts and the night opening of bars and restaurants requested by the Northern regions.
No New Year’s Eve dinner
As for Christmas Eve, the curfew between December 31 and January 1, 2021 also remains at 10 p.m. even on Christmas and New Years: the clear objective is to avoid the risk of dinners, which could mean overcrowding and therefore danger. contagions. But he also travels from house to house, or even region to region. Bars and restaurants must close at 6pm, as is already the case in the “yellow” regions.
Advance Masses
With the curfew at 10 p.m., there could also be an advance of Christmas masses, something on which the Episcopal Conference has confirmed its availability, in the name of anti-Covid security.
Shopping until 9pm
To encourage Christmas shopping, avoiding as much as possible the concentration of people as happened last weekend in Turin and Milan, the closing hours of the stores could be postponed to 9 pm, with tickets always free to avoid crowds.
