close checks of vehicles and nightlife venues

Carpet checks to make sure the mask is also used outdoors. Yesterday a new ordinance of the Lazio Region established the obligation to cover the nose and mouth even on the street, a measure that was considered necessary given the growth of infections in recent weeks. But now is the time to enforce the rule. Hence the summit in the Prefecture to plan new specific actions. It then begins with controls during the weekend just started at nightlife venues and tourist attractions. Then, from Monday to Friday, even in the main meeting places, including schools, but also in train stations, metro and, in general, on local public transport.

The regional ordinance: mandatory masks even outdoors

This is the decision of the Provincial Commission for Order and Security convened yesterday afternoon at the headquarters of the Prefecture of Rome. Seated at the table, in addition to the Prefect Matteo Piantedosi and the representatives of the Roman police forces, also Andrea Tardiola, Secretary General of the Lazio Region and Marco Cardilli, Security Delegate of the City of Rome. The controls will be carried out by the police within the normal territory control services.

The purpose of the controls and the presence of the police in the area, explained by the Prefecture, will be to prevent and punish in case of need. For those who do not wear a mask, the penalty amounts to 400 euros, with a reduction of 30% if paid in 5 days.

The appeal of Zingaretti

“We do not foresee any form of containment of the hours of shops or bars or pubs at this time because we trust that these measures of tracking in schools and drive-ins will allow us to get the positive out of social life,” said the governor yesterday. Lazio Nicola Zingaretti, illustrating the content of the new ordinance. He then addressed an “appeal to public officials, administrators, artisans, merchants and restaurateurs, whom I thank because they are a security guard: along with the obligation to wear masks, I invite everyone to remember the advice for business enterprises, that is to say, in restaurants the safety distance, we take at least one phone number for each table, and we create the rooms where the temperature is measured. We must re-adopt those elementary measures useful to stop the contagion curve that ends when the temperature arrives. vaccine ”.