Covid red zone in South Tyrol, towards the blockade as hard as in March – Chronicle

Bolzano, November 9, 2020 – Moving towards one Red zone even tighter in South tyrol. To counter the advance of the COVID-19 the provincial government is considering the option of imposing a emergency shutdown “like March.” From today everything Autonomous province of Bolzano It is the red zone (what can be done), as Governor Arno Kompatscher announced yesterday. “The data has skyrocketed,” declared the president of the Province who signed the ordinance applying stricter measures than the yellow zone assigned a few days ago, a possibility provided by the Dpcm. A decision, that of Kompatscher, which represents “the exact image of the local autonomy regime in relation to the central power,” the Minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomy said today. Francesco Boccia. Who thanked the president of the province “for the veracity and punctuality with which he reported to the government.”

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Emergency shutdown

But the interruption of movements between municipalities and the other restrictions foreseen by the area of ​​greatest risk may not be enough. Tomorrow morning at the provincial council the Councilor for Health Thomas Widmann will illustrate the epidemiological data related to contagion and the pressure on hospitals. But already today Wildmann anticipated that the situation is critical and could require a closure as in spring. “We are over the time limit, the alarms can no longer be ignored,” he said, adding that “all schools must be done remotely.” South Tyrol will ask for a total blockade “as in March”. In spring, in addition to stopping production activities, it was not even possible to leave the house to play sports in the open air. Motor activity was allowed only in the vicinity of the house. With the “hard” closure also the primary schools and the sixth grade would move on to distance education and economic activities would be reduced to a minimum.

South Tyrol coronavirus

Wildmann paints a ruthless picture of the situation “In March we closed everything with 42 cases Covid in South TyrolWe now register 750 new infections a day and there are still those who do not understand and complain about the restrictions “, says the commissioner. Who, therefore, expects a rigid but short lockdown with carpet tests.” We started with 30 tampons a day, now we also make 4,000, this is very important ”.

According to Widmann, “the pressure on hospitals is already enormous. We have guaranteed public life for as long as possible, but now a clear decision must be made if we want to avoid field hospitals.”

Ski race

Although South Tyrol is now a red zone, with a ban on moving between municipalities and officially closed accommodation facilities, a ski competition is taking place in Solda. In the presence of Ortles, 240 competitors take to the slopes on the first of the four days dedicated to the opening of the Alpine ski season in Italy. At the starting gate, the AGI reports, Italian athletes appeared but also foreigners who spend the night mainly in apartments. Not all the participants are professionals, in fact very few, and several are minors. The event is international in character and takes its name from the organizing company, the Ski Club Monte Livata.

Red and orange areas, Regions on hold

Today there is also the control room between the government and the Regions which, based on the latest ISS monitoring, will have to establish whether and which regions will pass into the red or orange zone. Liguria, Veneto, Campania, Umbria and Tuscany are at risk. Increasing data also in Emilia-Romagna.