Raggi asks for more checks but the blanket is short. Mini lock floor ready

Are there mini-bulls in Rome? How will the anti-Covid controls be carried out outside the convenience stores located in the city? Will there be a curfew? Which neighborhoods are most at risk? There are many questions that the citizens of the capital are asking these days before the continuous increase in new cases of Coronavirus.

Numbers that, at the end of September, grew again with many patients who (again) occupied the intensive care units of hospitals in Rome and the province. “If the contagion curve does not bend in the coming days, new measures will be inevitable,” said the regional health minister Alessio D’Amato yesterday.

A concept reaffirmed today by the mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi: “We continue to urge all citizens to scrupulously follow the rules: distance, use of masks, hand hygiene. I believe that if we continue to comply with these rules, we can keep a new wave of pandemics at bay. We cannot afford another blockade because we have seen what the effects have been on an economic and social level, even if at that time it was correct and inevitable. We must be able to prevent it with responsible behavior on the part of everyone.“.

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Raggi asks for strict controls from the local police in the minimarket, but the cover is short

But the prevention requested by the mayor, beyond what any private citizen can do, how can it be done with the controls in Rome? According to Raggi, controls on convenience stores should be increased to “verify cases of irregularities and compliance with anti-Covid regulations“and in case of repeated violations”proceed with the suspension of the activity“This is what the mayor of Rome asked the commander of the local Rome police Capitale Stefano Napoli.

On the other hand, even the new Dpcm is clear (from 9 pm it will no longer be possible to consume food and beverages outside the premises; the closing will be scheduled for 11 or 24), as was the entrance of the prefect Matteo Piantedosi during the last public order and safety commission that requested compliance with the urban police regulation on the sale of alcoholic beverages to take away, that is, the verification of the requirements of the urban police regulation on the prohibition of the sale of beverages retail sale of alcoholic beverages, which sets the limit at 10 pm, mini-markets and neighborhood shops will also be controlled.

But who will do these checks? Raggi’s request is clear: the fighters. According to a first estimate, no less than 100 people could be employed to carry out such work, and in any case only for the hot areas of the city (Trastevere, Campo de ‘Fiori, Pigneto and Ponte Milvio, to name a few). Convenience stores, however, are everywhere, not just in those neighborhoods.

“As always happens, the intervention of the Local Police is proclaimed everywhere and in all matters that concern this city. In our memory there has never been a politician who has had the courage to say which service cuts citizens instead“, underlined Stefano Giannini, Roman secretary of the Sulpl of the local police.

The possible intervention of the army

It is not ruled out, for the moment, that there is a need for Army support, even with fixed garrisons as is the case in metro stations with Operation Safe Roads. And if the subway platforms and bus stops worry, during the day, at night to replenish the number of security forces to avoid concentrations, the army is ready to monitor the labyrinths of Pigneto, Testaccio and Esquilino.

In the capital, as is known, there are around 1600 soldiers involved and a remodeling of the personnel already in the field or an increase in it is not excluded. As well as a possible ad hoc working group for Trastevere, it is not excluded due to the conformation of the territory with many nearby bars, mini-markets, restaurants and clubs. Only hypotheses, for now, that they will dissolve in the next few hours.

The districts of Rome more than 100 cases

In the city, however, the situation is clear. There are many neighborhoods with more than 100 cases. Torre Angela, according to data from the latest contagion map of Rome based on figures provided by Salute Lazio, is the district with the most cases of Covid-19. If in August there were only six neighborhoods with more than a hundred cases, now there are twenty-three.

Known as Torre Angela, Tuscolano and Ostia also posted record numbers. On the coast, after the increase in cases during the summer, there were 43 new positives in September, for a total of 174 since the start of the pandemic.

The districts with the most cases after the opening of schools

Mini-closure in buildings and neighborhoods

The truth is that we are preparing, at least at the police level, for a scenario similar to that of the time of the confinement. Especially in the province of Rome. Nothing different from what has already happened in Nerola or Campagnano Romano, or in the specific area of ​​Rocca di Papa, with the “red zones” in the municipalities and the reopening, a few days later, of the inhabited centers, until then manned. by forces. Of the order.

Or what happened in Rome, with the Army guarding the Selam alla Romanina Palace for days. Timed closures, more or less rigorous, depending on the scenario. Perhaps even with the collaboration of Civil Protection (in Rome there are more than 4 thousand volunteers). In short, to circumscribe the cases. In addition to the state police and the carabinieri, if questioned, they could carry out a series of sample checks, both on the street and among motorists. But of course, thinking about the reality of some neighborhoods in Rome with intertwined streets, shops and public transport, it becomes difficult to apply it.