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Thanks to the favorable climate and the passage in the yellow zone of some regions such as Lombardy and Piedmont, in the last hours the streets of the center of the big cities have been assaulted by the christmas shopping. From Milan to Naples, passing through Rome, queues in shops and crowds in the squares and streets of the city center. There are also several anti-covid controls, while experts and the government recommend limiting exits and respecting the rules on the obligation to wear the mask also outdoors and keep the space of at least one meter.
Coronavirus: busy streets in many cities for shopping
Many people took advantage of the weekend and the reopening of stores after the risk band change to go shopping. The pedestrian zone in the center of Bologna was filled with citizens, the same situation also in Milan where long queues formed outside the boutiques. Late in the afternoon on Saturday, the crowds also in the center of Florence with many people walking in the central Piazza della Repubblica and in Via Calzaioli, but also near the Ponte Vecchio. On the afternoon of Saturday, December 12 in Verona, the one-way pedestrian street was installed in via Mazzini, the artery of luxury shopping. The measure was necessary to avoid meetings. Police also monitored parking lots in the most central areas, one of which was sold out and there was a strong influx of people to the stores.
Crowded even today in the center of Rome, also thanks to the sunny day. Traffic in the central streets and busy shopping streets, looking for Christmas gifts. Yesterday too many people on the street, especially in the afternoon when it was necessary to implement some closures in via del Corso at the crossroads with via del Parliament, via della Vittoria and piazza del Popolo at intervals of about 15 minutes, as well as the closure of bus stops by metro “Flaminio” and “Spagna” for about 2 hours.
In the controls ordered by the Quaestor to verify compliance with social distancing and the use of personal protective equipment, as part of the anti-covid measures, yesterday 665 people and 121 controlled businesses were identified. The controls, which will continue today, are aimed in particular at the shopping streets, including the Trident area, via del Corso, piazza di Spagna and the area of via Cola di Rienzo, via Ottaviano and via Candia, as well as the areas of Costa Roman.
Shopping, meetings and crowds everywhere: the Democratic Party calls for new measures
The Democratic Party calls for new containment measures: “The measures indicated a few weeks ago by the government to contain the pandemic curve are working. If the situation in many regions improves it is only thanks to those containment measures and consistent and responsible behavior., The The number of victims is dramatic, as is the total number of positives. Now we must do everything possible not to scatter these results and not go backwards. Therefore, given a certain increase in the risk of social gatherings due to the festive period and the recommendations to the prudence and responsibility of the national scientific committee, it is necessary to evaluate the adoption of new measures that guarantee the containment of infections ”.
The crowd in the street of Naples and “the litany of wonder”
As of today, four regions – Lombardy, Piedmont, Calabria and Basilicata – pass in the yellow zone, but Campania remains in the orange zone: the new data of the epidemiological curve expected for next weekend could determine the transition to the yellow zone also for the region led by Vincenzo De Luca. In the orange zone you can go to your municipality from 5 to 22 without a self-certification form. From 10 a.m. to 5 a.m., all movements are prohibited, except those motivated by proven work needs, situations of need or health reasons.
It is also prohibited, 24 hours a day, to travel to other municipalities and other regions, with the exception of those motivated by proven work needs, situations of need, study or health reasons or to carry out activities or use services not available in your municipality (for example, go to the post office or go shopping, if there are no such offices or points of sale in your municipality). In any case, travel to any area that is strictly necessary to ensure the performance of face-to-face teaching is allowed, if planned. Return to your home, home or residence is always allowed.
So far everything is clear. So why argue about the crowd in the center? “What’s up people on the street in naples it is a fact, and only those who are not inhabitants of the city can be surprised. “Thus the mayor of Naples, Luigi de Magistris, responding to journalists who asked him about the crowd that yesterday poured into the Neapolitan streets.” I hope – the mayor pointed out again – that we do not start the litany of wonder to see the streets with people because it would seem to me to live the festival of stupidity. At least let’s avoid this. “
“Next week – stressed de Magistris – if we are the yellow zone of people, we will see three more times. People are not greasers, they respect the rules and more than 95 percent wear masks. If it says in the Dpcm that in the orange zone people can go out, then they go out and if someone is surprised it is a person who does not have a particularly oxygenated amount of brain. ” There are no meetings and if there are, the police are there – concluded the mayor -. People walk as they do in Bologna, Florence, Venice, Palermo, Bari, Verona, and Berlin. As it happens in all parts of the world ”.
