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Colors will change again, one way or another. It remains to be seen whether the switch towards orange or red it will be national, or if territorial differences remain, even in the next three weeks. The contagion index of the new coronavirus rises again to 0.89 and, in the face of a slight decrease in infections, for days they have already exceeded 65 thousand, almost 500 per day. “These are still very significant figures,” says Minister Speranza. The government wants a Christmas squeeze to prevent a third wave of infections. The decision on the new measures is scheduled for tonight or tomorrow. Among the hypotheses a national red zone on holidays and days before holidays or a kind of large orange zone, with open shops and closed restaurants and an early curfew at 6 or 8 pm. Some governors are opposed, like Toti, who claims data from Liguria. yellow zone.
Tuscany, Abruzzo, Campania in the yellow zone? Eyes on December 20 (but there are those who risk)
The yellow zone regions before Christmas?
And the Regions that until yesterday expected to return to the yellow zone, such as Tuscany, Campania and Abruzzo (in addition to the Aosta Valley and the province of Bolzano)? Are there still times? The answer in theory is yes, because the new squeeze that will arrive in the next few hours will especially affect holidays and the day before holidays, a de facto blockade, from Christmas Eve 2020 to Boxing Day and then from New Years Eve through New Years, only with essential services open. Or a kind of big orange area, with shops open and restaurants closed. With an early curfew at 6 pm or 8 pm But all other “weekdays” until Epiphany could be yellow in at least some of the aforementioned regions still orange in color. For days the Tuscany speaks of a clear difference in treatment. Marsilio forAbruzzo He “pointed a way” to loosen his grip.
The times are there, the will to accelerate is lacking. The Tuscan case is emblematic. The dossier of the Tuscan governor Eugenio Giani, with which he calls for the accelerated promotion of Tuscany in the yellow zone, before Sunday, reaches the table of the president of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, the same day that the scientific committee Technician, concerned about the possible arrival of the third pandemic wave in our country, asks the government to take measures of the utmost rigor for the Christmas holidays, at the worst possible moment. The President of the Region, Giani, has on his side the strength of the numbers that portray a Tuscany – in the orange strip – in better condition than most of the large Italian regions. But by now it is too late: the control room will practically not anticipate either today or tomorrow: therefore, the color change will not occur before the weekend.
Even Abruzzo seems resigned. “They treated Abruzzo as a rebellious region, acting in contempt of the rules and even of life. But in reality, I had established the red zone beforehand,” he told yesterday. The truth, Marco Marsilio: “I affirm – underlines – common sense. And the power to tighten measures when the situation worsens and to relax them when it improves. Without certain bureaucratic rigidities. ” And about the system of colored zones he observes: “My God, the Regions had another idea.” In the first phase, the national closure served to curb delays in containment measures in the most affected areas. But, he reports, since April, we have had zero contagion areas in Italy. By this time, it had become difficult to justify the closures. Perhaps it would have made sense to slow down in November, secure the entire country and then reopen in December, free the Italians at Christmas and restart winter tourism. ” On the tug of war with the government, he recalls: “They behave as if the Regions are smart enough to understand the dangers, but too stupid to decide if the situation has improved. It is a criterion without constitutional basis. ”
Toti: “I tell the government: let’s not change the rules now”
“I would keep the rules as they are now. I am convinced by a squeeze where necessary, or an extension where possible. This is the method that we had discussed and decided. Now totally changing the method does not make much sense, and there is also a certain dose of hypocrisy. If you open shops, bars and restaurants and also do the lottery for those who pay with a credit card, it is normal for people to go, of course respecting the rules, “said today on 24 Mattino, on Radio24. from the Liguria Region, Giovanni Toti, on the possible tightening of the rules for the Christmas period. For Toti “there is a health risk but there is also a gigantic and underestimated risk for the economy.” And then, the president of Liguria, “at the moment there is no formal proposal from the government to change the rules.”
Lombardy, Piedmont, Basilicata and Calabria have been in the yellow zone since December 13. Minister Speranza’s decision came after the analysis of the data on infections from the Regions during the control room last Friday. Next Friday the new decisions that could affect Tuscany, Campania and Abruzzo (in addition to the Aosta Valley and the province of Bolzano). According to current regulations, the application of measures related to a lower scenario (in this case from the orange to the yellow zone) is triggered after the control room has verified the stay of fourteen days in a risk level or scenario lower than that which gave rise to the restrictive measures (“orange zone”).
Meanwhile, as of today, all of Puglia is in the yellow band because even for the last two cities in the orange area, Gravina in Puglia and Altamura, the restrictions have been relaxed.
