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The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, will sign a new ordinance establishing the orange zone for the regions of Calabria, Lombardy and Piedmont and the yellow zone for the regions of Liguria and Sicily. The ordinance will take effect from Sunday, November 29. This was announced by a note from the Ministry of Health. The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, will also sign a new ordinance which renews the restrictive measures in force relating to the regions of Campania, Emilia Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Marche and Tuscany. The ordinance – informs a note from the Ministry of Health – is valid until December 3, 2020.
Lombardy, Piedmont and Calabria in the orange zone from Sunday, Liguria and Sicily in the yellow zone
Now, the red zone regions, the ones most at risk, remain: Abruzzo, Campania, Tuscany, Aosta Valley and the province of Bolzano. In the orange zone, considered medium-high risk: Basilicata, Emilia Romagna, Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Marche, Puglia, Umbria. Today Calabria, Lombardy and Piedmont are added to these. In the yellow zone, of medium risk: Lazio, Molise, Sardinia and the province of Trento, which today is joined by Veneto, Liguria and Sicily.
The effects of the color change will begin on Sunday, one day after the publication of the ministerial order in the Official Gazette. The minister’s decision comes on the day when the draft of the ISS-Ministry monitoring for the week of November 16-22 shows that in 5 regions there is no overload beyond the critical threshold of 30% of occupied Covid beds for intensive care . “The serious behavior of the Lombards in recent weeks has made it possible for Lombardy to enter the orange zone today. Today the minister will sign the ordinance that will be published tomorrow in the Official Gazette that will come into force the next day,” said the Lombard Governor Attilio Fontana.
Fontana said that after the passage from Lombardy to the orange zone “we must make the public understand that the free-all season has not begun, in which we can behave as before.” I think it is positive news that follows all the numbers that have always been positive in recent days and that continue to be positive. But we must not lower our guard ”. Fontana stressed that “it is absolutely necessary to take into account that we are in a situation in which the virus exists and continues to be dangerous and we must insist on maintaining those behaviors that are careful and respectful of the rules.”
The president of the Liguria Region, Giovanni Toti, is also exultant: “Starting Sunday, Liguria will be in the yellow zone. Thanks to the great effort of our health system, to the many sacrifices of the Ligurians and all of us, the data these days have improved significantly and led us to this result that Minister Speranza has just communicated to me. Excellent news, especially for the most penalized economic categories: our bars will be able to reopen and our restaurants too, for lunch “.
The ordinance of the Ministry of Health in force since November 29
This morning the governors had made it known that Minister Speranza had said that he would wait until December 4 to change the areas in Lombardy, Piedmont, Calabria and other regions. Hope must have changed her mind after the positive news from the newsletter. President Giani, for his part, had announced the orange zone for Tuscany as of December 4: “As of Friday, December 4, Tuscany will be able to return to an area that allows it to loosen control of the closure of movements”, With a provision “that Tuscany in the orange zone”, “I spoke this morning with Minister Speranza,” Giani said in a video on Facebook.
Coronavirus, two good news: hospitalizations and intensive care are decreasing
Meanwhile, according to the bulletin of the Lombardy Region, the new positives in Milan’s Covid-19 are decreasing: in the entire metropolitan area 1,788 have been registered in the last 24 hours, of which 722 in the city of Milan, versus 2,060 and 1,020 respectively yesterday. On the other hand, new cases increased in the province of Varese, where 837 were registered today, compared to 559 yesterday, and in Como, with +617 (yesterday +464). They are followed by the provinces of Monza and Brianza (+435, yesterday +666); Brescia (+336, yesterday +451); Pavia (+293, yesterday +341); Mantua (+292, yesterday +219); Bergamo (+178, yesterday +208); Lecco (+168, yesterday +235), Lodi (+127, yesterday +114); Sondrio (+110, yesterday +121) and Cremona (+81, yesterday +125).
