new restrictions for bars and restaurants, stop basketball and football

The new Dpcm could arrive already on the afternoon of Monday, October 12. At 3:00 p.m. a meeting of the Scientific Technical Committee is scheduled to discuss the possible measures that should later be adopted in the decree. In Sunday’s comparison, there were indications about the reduction of the quarantine from 14 to 10 days, with a single control swab at the exit, and about the possibility that the swabs are also performed by general practitioners and pediatricians also with a view to a reduction. lines to drive-ins.

What do the measures of the new Dpcm contribute?

– Improving the use of smart work for public employees with the introduction of a 70% threshold in offices;
– The masks carried everywhere, even for sports with some exceptions, as explained in the Viminale circular;
– Rules for bars and restaurants: after 9 pm it will no longer be possible to consume food and drinks outside the premises; closing will be at 11 pm or midnight;
– Additional restrictions for public events (stadiums, cinemas, theaters);
– Limitations for private events: we reason around a threshold of 30 people for wedding guests;
– Stop to contact sports (football, basketball, etc)

According to Minister Speranza, the government “will strengthen its ties” in that non-essential part of people’s lives “and” we will intervene to avoid private parties that we can avoid at this time and gatherings, we will act on timetables and we will increase controls. ” There are also plans to insert measures “related to sports where it is not possible to wear masks and maintain distance.” Currently there is no national blockade, while it is assumed that there may be “selective closures in case of particular situations difficult. ” But, beyond the measures, the minister stressed that ‘the key to trying to bend the curve is people’s behavior’, given that ” 75% of infections are entering into family relationships or personal relationships close. ”

Territorial blockades in the Dpcm October 12

However, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s indication remains valid: there will not be a new national blockade, but a series of “selective and progressive” interventions to stop the growth of infections. The package that had to be approved before October 15, the date on which the current decree in force expires, ended up at the table of the Scientific Technical Committee in an urgent meeting called by the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza precisely to meet with scientists and experts and to better define interventions.

L ‘Ansa details the terms of the reduction of the quarantine period from two weeks to 10 days: positives will no longer need the double negative buffer to get out of isolation, only one will be enough and it will be a circular from the General Director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health Giovanni Rezza to explain the new methods. The CTS has identified 4 different types of situations:

– asymptomatic positives,
– symptomatic positives,
– asymptomatic positives who cannot deny themselves
– close contacts

The first must observe 10 days of quarantine from the diagnosis of positivity, and then undergo a molecular swab; even symptomatic patients will have to do 10 days of isolation, but before undergoing the single molecular swab provided they have spent at least 3 days without symptoms. For close contacts, after 10 days of quarantine it will be possible to carry out the rapid test by general practitioners.