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ROME – The 21 parameters that attribute to the Regions their position in the yellow, orange or red zone will not change until the expiration of the Dpcm currently in force: it will be a technical table between the Regions, the Higher Institute of Health and the Ministry of Health to evaluate any changes to be included in the new provision. For the moment, the government rejects the pressure from the Regions that for days have been asking to “simplify” the criteria, with the consequence that the monitoring of the next few hours will follow the scheme used until now and could lead to the transition to the red zone from at least 4 other Regions: Puglia, Basilicata, Sicily and Abruzzo, which in fact is already by decision of President Marsilio, with Emilia Romagna and Liguria still in the balance.
“I do not rule out that there may be other red regions” confirms the Minister of Regional Affairs, Francesco Boccia.
Therefore, for the next 15 days, the system remains the current one, even if the government “grants” two opportunities to the governors: a “political coordination” for the next Dpcm, which essentially means that we continue like this until the beginning of December and then we decide together. the Christmas regulations – and, above all, the possibility of requesting refreshments for the categories affected by the measures, even if it is the presidents and not the government, according to the Minister of Health, who decide the restrictive measures. “A fruitful meeting” commented, not by chance, the president of the Conference of Regions, Giovanni Toti. Roberto Speranza explained why it does not change: “the seriousness of the situation should not be underestimated, the pressure on the hospitals” continues to be “very high and it is not possible to exchange some very early and still insufficient signal in a narrow escape”.
“The change of parameters, therefore, will not be discussed until December 3.” Boccia added. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte himself, defending the chosen method, however, admitted the need to “do more” and “make the parameters even clearer and more transparent.” Clarity also requested by the president of Anci Antonio De Caro in the assembly of municipalities. Hence the decision to set up a technical table that at the end of November will have to identify a solution that does not question the choice of parameters and at the same time simplifies the process. If the criteria are maintained, it does not mean that there cannot be a series of “adjustments” at the territorial level before December 3. First of all, for those regions that entered the red zone first: in Piedmont and Lombardy, for example, there are already orange zone values that, if confirmed with the November 27 monitoring, could remove them from the toughest restrictions. The Regions can also intervene autonomously to soften the measures in those provinces where the contagion is less widespread. One possibility, as the premier recalled, already provided for by the Dpcm: “there is a mechanism that allows, based on objective data and at the request of the President of the Region, to do so.”
The other central theme of the meeting between the Government and the Regions was the new Dpcm, the one who should give instructions for the Christmas period. From the prime minister to the ministers to the scientists, everyone repeats that it will not be a Christmas like any other and that, although with some inevitable concessions, it will certainly not be a free all. “We must prepare for a more sober Christmas: parties, celebrations, kisses and hugs are not possible,” Conte repeated today. “A week of unleashed sociability would mean paying a steep rise in the curve in January.” “The classic dinner, with 20 people, this year we cannot afford it”, confirms Agostino Miozzo, coordinator of the Scientific Technical Committee, which, however, raises another alarm: the assault on shops and department stores for Christmas shopping. However, there will be some opening, as confirmed by the premier himself, to allow families to stay together and above all to avoid further burying all trade and tourism. The line to follow will be decided in the coming days, also trusting that the measures taken from October 24 will stop the spread of the virus. One of the hypotheses on the table is that of a ‘Dpcm pontè for the Christmas period that suspends the automatism of the gangs, loosens the national curfew, allows the night-time opening of bars and restaurants and also the movement between the regions’ rossè and ‘arancionì to reach out to close relatives, extend the opening hours of stores, provide a new protocol for religious masses and ceremonies, point out the prohibitions for New Year’s Eve, even stop any meeting in the squares. “Talking about the Christmas season means having a surreal and lunar debate – says Boccia – we think of doctors and nurses when we take out dinner.”
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