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Government, Italy returns to the red zone on December 19. Christmas, don’t travel
The coronavirus emergency in Italy continues unabated. The number of infected and hospitalized remains high, the number of daily deaths is even more worrying. For this reason, the government, also faced with the images coming from the cities, with people crowded in the commercial streets, is about to take even more drastic measures, it is heading towards the red zone throughout the country. Today, according to the Corriere della Sera, it will be decided whether to activate the measure from December 19 and 20, as the rigorous wing of the government would like, or whether to postpone it before Christmas. The travel ban on Christmas, December 26 and January 1, 2021 will be lifted only for small municipalities, the rest of Italy will instead be considered a “red zone”. The “Merkel model” will be adopted, as the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, has repeatedly invoked, who now reiterates: “It is important that everyone is aware that the situation continues to be very serious.”
Shops, bars and restaurants closed on holidays and days before holidays: it is the narrowness – continues the Corriere – what the government could decide today to prevent what happened in recent days. Faced with the crowds on the streets, the thousands of people queuing to shop and entering restaurants, or crowding in and out of bars for lunch and snacks, “new measures become inevitable” to stop Covid infections. 19. Thus, during the urgent summit requested by the Democratic Party and convened by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte with the heads of delegation, the line of Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede who represents the M5S passes: Urgent call of the Scientific Technical Committee to decide, with the head of the Viminale Luciana Lamorgese, new “anti-assembly measures”.
Those who expected a broad repeal of the ban on moving between municipalities will be disappointed. The motion that could be presented this morning in the Senate by the majority parties establishes that on Christmas Day, December 26 and January 1, 2021 it is possible to leave only the limits of the centers with less than 5,000 inhabitants and reach the places that are located. a maximum distance of 30 kilometers.
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