The contagion curve rises again, towards a new strait

Published on: 10/17/2020 7:09 AM

“We are all concerned about the second wave, which is stressing the health systems and social tissues,” emphasizes Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte with 10,000 new cases and another 55 deaths. But another blockade against Covid must be avoided. “I am not saying that the second wave is less dangerous, it must be faced with a different, new strategy that no longer provides for confinement, more focused, respecting the rules of distancing and protection,” he stresses.

Therefore, the government is thinking of new measures to take against the appearance of the coronavirus. A closure of the premises (restaurants, bars, pubs) between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., to be modulated with the greatest ‘squeeze’ on weekends, could be one of the measures contained in a new Dpcm with anti-Covid regulations still more stringent.

The hypothesis continues to be to deepen the new measures, with a new Dpcm that will be issued shortly. In government, sensitivities to the new provisions would be different. In addition, today at 9 in the morning, it should also be discussed in coordination between the government (with Ministers Boccia and Speranza), Civil Protection, Regions and Commissioner Arcuri.

Among the hypotheses would be that of a curfew from 22, but without reaching a lockdown. Today I meet the regions. From tonight in Lombardy pubs and restaurants close at midnight.