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After Campania, Lazio and some northern cities, the obligation to wear the mask even outdoors will probably be extended to the entire national territory. “But only after a clash with the Regions,” Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said. With the alarming resumption of infections, yesterday at 2,499 (slightly better than Thursday), the government has decided to extend the state of emergency until January 31. But above all, it has begun to explore other energetic measures to counter the second wave of the epidemic. Based on two principles: “maximum precaution” and “measures proportional to the contagion curve”.
Covid Italia, today’s bulletin: stable infections (2,499) and 23 deaths. More than 120 thousand swabs, it is a record
Faced with the “concrete risk of a rapid deterioration” and after “nine consecutive weeks” of an increase in the number of people positive for Covid -as certified by the Ministry of Health and the Higher Institute of Health in the weekly report- Conte, Roberto Speranza and the Scientific Technical Committee (CTS) in the analysis of possible interventions have set two fixed points. The first: keep schools open as much as possible. The continuation of the school year is the main trench to defend ”. The second: not to fall into a national blockade, and much less into a closure of productive activities, as happened between March and early May.
Rather, action will be taken on individual outbreaks and “territorial red zones” can be decided, even within the building or neighborhood. But there are no stops in factories and offices (unless the epidemic is unstoppable) and no one will be forced to remain locked up at home, apart from quarantine cases.
THE OTHER STEPS
If the situation worsens, the first squeeze will refer to meetings: no more than 6 to 10 people together. And this will also apply to private parties and family gatherings. Another step will be the closure of bars and restaurants at ten at night to curb the nightlife. “Everything will happen gradually, observing the Rt index day by day”, explain those who follow the dossier.
In the event that the contagion curve continues to increase, the idea is to go back to last spring’s reopening in the opposite direction. The first to close would be cinemas, theaters, gyms. Then it would be the turn of the beauty centers and hairdressers, followed by bars and restaurants. Lastly, shops, although smart work is likely to be mandatory in offices. How realistic it is that weddings and funerals are then banned. A question mark refers to movement between regions: at the moment, the reintroduction of the ban has not been discussed.
RISK TRACKS
Everything will depend, it was said, on the progress of the epidemic. With special Lazio and Campania that mark numbers of the old blockade. And if only in the next few days the full effect of the reopening of schools is known, the Ministry of Health and the CTS will raise the alarm not for the maintenance of intensive care (“they have been reinforced”), but for the follow-up of infections. .
“The real risk is the loss of control over the epidemic with the inability to continue with contact tracing,” says a government source. And she explains: indsight More than 3,000-3,500 infections a day, the contact tracing system could not hold. It would be impossible, as is the case now, to identify all the people, on average about forty, who come into contact with those who test positive for the virus and hyssop. The opening of schools has led to an exponential increase in the controls of the prevention offices of the health districts. For this, it is essential to download the Immuni application ».
In all this, Conte, under pressure from the center-right, also wants to point out that the extension of the state of emergency “does not mean that we are locked up and no one is abusing full powers.” The state of emergency “allows maintaining the Civil Protection machinery, the powers of the extraordinary Commissioner Arcuri and the executing bodies, the Presidents of the Regions. It means being able to set up or manage some structures, use the network of volunteers, recruit working groups of medical personnel.
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