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Shops and supermarkets in Rome and Lazio close from 9:00 p.m. on weekdays, public holidays and bank holidays so that staff can return home before 10:00 p.m.
Bars and restaurants, such as public establishments, will be able to carry out takeaway food activities until 10:00 p.m., focal points of the ordinance signed by Governor Nicola Zingaretti that contains new measures for the prevention and management of the epidemiological emergency of Covid.
The note from the Lazio region: “Pharmacies excluded”
“This is a provision that completes the one issued last week on the closure of large sales structures on weekends and holidays – explains the Lazio Region – Specifically, the new ordinance provides for the opening of some wholesale businesses, duly indicated. Auto showrooms and horticultural businesses are also open. No retail or wholesale business, including supermarkets, will be allowed to continue selling after 9pm on business days, prior to vacations and holidays, so staff , after reduction of public transport hours, return home before 10 pm Pharmacies are excluded as a public service. Bars and restaurants as public establishments may carry out take-out activities until 10 pm as required by the National dpcm “.
“Limit meeting opportunities”
“We must remember once again – the note continues – that the purpose of these events is to limit meeting opportunities in the busiest places on weekends without damaging fundamental business activity. Thanks to all citizens for the efforts they are making and for the help they are offering us, in a very responsible way and often with real sacrifices, to combat the pandemic In Lazio the situation is still under control, but we must all pay attention continue very high. This virus is devious and we can only defeat it by sticking together and using the daily and indispensable prevention tool ”.
Lazio is still a yellow zone
What does the ordinance say about the closure of shops and supermarkets
Specifically, the new deed signed by President Zingaretti orders and establishes that: on holidays and the eve of holidays, the wholesale commercial activities referred to in letter b) section 1 art. 15 of regional law n. 22 of November 6, 2019, provided that the sale is made exclusively to the holders of VAT numbers, with direct access to the structures allowed only to the same subjects. The commercial activities of car showrooms and horticultural companies also remain open. Furthermore, no retail and wholesale commercial activity can continue to sell to the public with access to the premises after 9:00 p.m. on weekdays, holidays and pre-holidays; that all permitted commercial activities are in any case necessary to guarantee: a. surveillance to verify compliance with interpersonal distances and the prohibition of assembly; second. method of quota / staggering of admissions, in order to ensure the numerical limits of the presence of clients and employees; C. the security and prevention measures identified in Annex 9 of the Prime Minister’s Decree of November 3, 2020 “Guidelines for the reopening of economic, productive and recreational activities of the Conference of Autonomous Regions and Provinces of October 8, 2020” . Regarding sanctions, reference is made to national legislation. The provisions come into force from the date of publication and are effective until November 30, 2020. The ordinance is published in the Official Gazette of the Lazio Region and on the institutional website of the regional administration.
