From shopping centers to stores: hours and openings region by region



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SHOPPING IN THREE COLORS IN ITALY

The new Dpcm with more restrictions to face the Covid-19 emergency during the Christmas holidays provides for the yellow and orange areas (not for the red ones, therefore) than from December 4, the day of the entry into force of the provision , and until January 6, retail stores can remain open until 9:00 p.m.

by Andrea Carli

Transfers of relatives to restaurants, what can and cannot be done during the holidays

The new Dpcm with more restrictions to face the Covid-19 emergency during the Christmas holidays provides for the yellow and orange areas (not for the red ones, therefore) than from December 4, the day of the entry into force of the provision , and until January 6, retail stores can remain open until 9:00 p.m.

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The days of the Christmas holidays as an opportunity to relaunch consumption and put traders to breathe, overwhelmed by the hardening prepared by the government to prevent Coronavirus infections. The new Dpcm with more restrictions to deal with the Covid-19 emergency during the Christmas holidays has provided new rules for stores. Christmas shopping should and therefore will have to juggle different solutions depending on the region the consumer is in.

What does the Dpcm foresee for the period of the Christmas holidays?

The Dpcm foresees for the yellow and orange zones (not for the red ones, therefore) that from December 4, the day of the entry into force of the provision, and until January 6, retail stores may remain open until 21. that on holidays and the eve of holidays, therefore on weekends, commercial establishments within markets and shopping centers, shopping arcades, shopping parks and other similar categories remain closed. The objective of this measure is to avoid large concentrations. In these contexts, pharmacies, parapharmacies, health centers, food outlets, agricultural and horticultural products, tobacconists and kiosks may remain open.

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Stores still closed in the red zones

Regarding the areas of the national territory characterized by a very serious scenario (the red zones), retail commercial activities remain suspended, with the exception of the sale of food and basic necessities. The suspension continues to apply both in neighborhood stores and in medium and large sales structures (even within shopping centers).

What changes in the next few hours

Today, Saturday, December 5, is a “day of transition” -also for purchases- since Health Minister Roberto Speranza has announced that in the next few hours he will sign ordinances based on which, starting tomorrow, Sunday, December 6, colors from some regions. Some that are currently in the red zone will also change color. In particular, Campania, Tuscany, Aosta Valley and the autonomous province of Bolzano will turn orange. This means that not only in these regions will the stores reopen, but according to the latest Dpcm it will be possible to keep the blinds closed until 9:00 p.m. That day, however, the shopping centers will be closed. Instead, business activities will remain suspended in Abruzzo, the only region left in the red zone.

Half Italy “yellow”

More generally, half of Italy will return to yellow (11 regions will enter the area with the softest restrictions from December 6) but, Speranza stressed, it is not yet the time to lower our guard and relax the restrictive measures for a mistake today. would lead to a third wave in January: “we still need some other sacrifices,” reiterated the Health Minister urged by the Regions that continue to ask the government to review the options on the prohibition of moving between municipalities imposed at Christmas, San Esteban and New Year .

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