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Starting tomorrow, December 24, the red zone will take place throughout Italy. The 2020 Christmas closure that will end on January 6 changes the lives of citizens as the Ministry of the Interior prepares a tightening of controls and specifies that self-certification will be required to leave home (the self-declaration form is the one found in the website of the Ministry of the Interior).
Italy in the red zone: starting tomorrow the 2020 Christmas blockade
The circular sent yesterday to the prefects by Bruno Frattasi, chief of staff of the Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese, recommends “the usual punctual attention to ensure the provision of effective services aimed at guaranteeing the correct compliance with the measures.” The provincial commissions of order and security have already planned a control plan “along the traffic arteries and in the city, in order to avoid possible infractions of the mobility restrictions, or situations of meeting and non-compliance with the distance . interpersonal “. Police Chief Franco Gabrielli recommends that all law enforcement officers and agencies pay the utmost attention when setting up services to have an “understanding and common sense” attitude during checks.
Self-certification is the same one that has already been used in recent months. It is necessary to complete it and have it with you to waive the general restrictions. For residents in red or orange areas, it is necessary to indicate the reasons for the move: work, health, other reasons provided for by previous regulations. In the red zone:
- Any movement within the municipality itself is prohibited, except for reasons of work, health or extreme necessity and urgency that must be declared through self-certification;
- bars and restaurants are closed but takeout and home delivery are allowed;
- all stores are closed except food and basic necessities;
- they remain open: kiosks, pharmacies, parapharmacies, tobacconists, laundries, barbers and hairdressers; closed beauty centers;
- Museums, exhibitions, gyms, gambling halls, betting halls and bingo halls are closed and sports competitions are suspended;
- public transport capacity is reduced to 50%
From December 21 it is no longer possible to leave the region in which you live or in which you have residence. And as of tomorrow it will no longer be allowed to move outside the municipality itself, but the government has granted the possibility of traveling throughout the region to visit family and friends, as long as it moves “to a single private home, located in the same region”. , once a day. “The curfew is valid from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. (on New Year’s Eve it goes until 7 a.m.) and you can go out alone, or a maximum of two, bringing with you children under 14, as well as disabled or non-self-sufficient people During the entire period of the Christmas holidays you can also go to second homes within your region, with your entire family unit (always living together), but you cannot meet under the same roof with other family members or friends.
Self-certification starting tomorrow: how to complete it and ways to circumvent the rules
The red zone from December 24 and the orange zone from December 28
Starting at midnight, the red zone is activated and will last until 11:59 on December 27. Then there are three days in the orange zone, where the rules of movement and movement of people partially change. In the orange zone:
- It is prohibited to circulate from 10 to 5 in the morning except for proven work, health or extreme necessity and urgency;
- it is forbidden to travel back and forth from one region to another and from one municipality to another;
- bars and restaurants are closed;
- shopping centers are closed on holidays and the eve of holidays;
- the other restrictions are identical to those of the red zone.
For those who live in municipalities with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants, it is allowed to travel within a radius of 30 kilometers. Even if regional borders were crossed. Those who live in localities close to the regional limit can ignore the prohibition to cross the border of the region to go to other municipalities, but will not be able to go to the provincial capitals. An exception, such as the one relating to trips to other centers, which avoids creating paradoxical situations between relatives who may live on two sides of a road located in two municipal terms. From Friday to Sunday, just under 2,400 people were sanctioned out of a total of almost 245 thousand controlled, while there were more than 40 thousand controls of commercial activities that led to the closure of 46. Figures that will probably increase in the coming days.
Today, December 23, is the last day of shopping. Regarding self-certification (which will be used as of tomorrow, December 24), the Ministry of the Interior stated yesterday that if one of the three previous exceptions is used “the corresponding justification can be provided through the usual self-declaration forms, in the part in which Reference is made to “reasons allowed by current regulations.” In addition to crossing out the box, the next line must explain the reason that determines the move, the starting address and the destination address. The name of any person you are meeting (family or friends who are) for privacy reasons.
The circular concludes by reiterating that “access to places of worship and participation in religious services are still allowed, in accordance with article 1, paragraph 9, letters p) and q) of the Decree of the Prime Minister of December 3, 2020. Even in these cases, however, the hourly limits imposed by the so-called “curfew” will be applied, and that “trips will be allowed, without a time limit, to reconnect with the assistance activities carried out, within the framework of a voluntary association, without time limits, also in agreement with locals, in favor of needy or disadvantaged people. Consequently, for the movement linked to these activities, the realization of social volunteering may be justified “.
