Piacenza, from October 3, obligatory outdoor masks and throughout the day.

Mayor Patrizia Barbieri today signed the ordinance that establishes the obligation to wear respiratory protection devices, starting on Saturday, October 3, including outdoors and throughout the day. The provision is valid throughout the territory of the municipality of Piacenza. From the ordinance, in force until the end of the state of emergency established at the governmental level, only children under six years of age, people with disabilities or certified pathologies incompatible with the continued use of the mask, the identified persons are excepted. in specific protocols and those who carry out sports activities outdoors.

“As is known, the health surveillance plan in the territory continues – says Mayor Patrizia Barbieri – and in this at the time when there is an increase in Covid-19 infection. There is no doubt that the full resumption of school and economic productive activities increases the risk of the spread of the Coronavirus and therefore it becomes increasingly likely that, as the number of positive people increases, the possibility that some of them, with personal conditions, also increase. more fragile, they can become seriously ill. Therefore, according to the ASL, taking into account the worsening of the climatic conditions with the arrival of the autumn season as an additional risk factor, it was considered essential to make mandatory, even during the day and outdoors, the use of protection tools. respiratory tract “.

“For all these reasons – continues the mayor – as a preventive measure to contain the number of infections, it seemed essential to issue this ordinance, fully aware that safety devices, masks, are an indispensable measure to protect yourself and others. Once again I thank the people of Piacenza for the commitment and the will with which they are facing this emergency and the limitations it imposes on us and once again I call on everyone to continue to respect the rules and safety requirements, which currently exist. “The only weapon we have at our disposal to limit the spread of the contagion of this terrible virus.”