“There is a risk that the epidemic will degenerate”

COVID-19, the Lombardy prepares for a new squeeze due to increased contagion, with an order of Lombardy region that will come into effect from tomorrow. No lockout or curfew, but there will be more restrictions for Pub me restaurants, with the closing at 24, more checks and a partial refund of the online teaching for high school, to avoid crowds in public transport.

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Fontana: “There is a risk that the epidemic will degenerate”

“The new measures will not be dramatic – explained the Lombard governor, Attilio fontana, at the end of the summit with the Lombard mayors, with the prefect of Milan, Renato saccone, and with the group leaders of the parties in the Regional Council, in which the proposals to be taken to the Scientific Technical Committee were discussed. The Lombards may be less concerned, but they must be vigilant about measures, otherwise there is a risk that the epidemic will degenerate. I’m less worried than in March.

Reduce night life

The provisions of the ordinance will be homogeneous throughout Lombardy, there will be no more restrictions in Milan or in the most affected areas because, as Fontana pointed out, “unfortunately the virus has spread throughout the region.” One of the goals is to reduce night life: Therefore, the consumption of beverages on public land will be prohibited after a specified time. For all pub, Pub me restaurants the closing will be anticipated 24. In these activities, after 6 pm the consumption of food and drinks is allowed only at the tables. The ordinance will take effect from tomorrow.

“Let’s not talk about curfews, please – declared the prefect of Milan, Renato Saccone – because our life does not depend only on the opening of a bar or a restaurant. The controls will be even more incisive and massive with the new ordinance.

Fontana then said that «we will ask the government foresee in a decisive and significant way compensatory resources for those economic activities that will inevitably suffer repercussions from the results of this decision, shared by all the participants at the table ”.

School and transportation

In terms of schools and public transportation, the Region, in agreement with the mayors, considers that distance education “not absolute but partial” should be used in secondary schools, alternating lessons from home and physical presence at school. Another request is to stagger the entry times to the elections so as not to saturate public transport at peak times.

For universities, distance education should be adopted, as an indication, for all except freshmen and postgraduates. The ordinance also contains the cessation of all regional amateur sports competitions that involve physical contact, including those in the youth sector, as well as the closure of gambling halls, betting halls and bingo. The Lombardy Region, in agreement with the mayors, will also ask the government for an increase in the participation of smartworking for all activities in which it is possible to implement it.

Stop at amateur sports competitions

The provision also provides for the suspension of amateur sports competitions that involve “physical contact” and the closure of gaming, betting and bingo halls. The ordinance is valid throughout the region from tomorrow until November 6.

Covid Italia, today’s newsletter October 16: 10,010 new infections and 55 deaths. More than 150 thousand tampons

Covid Italia, today’s newsletter October 16, 2020. There are 10,010 new coronavirus infections in Italy. The dead are 55 in the last 24 hours. Swabs exceed 150 thousand (150,377). The Region with the highest number of cases is Lombardy with 2,419, followed by Campania with 1,261 and Piedmont with 821.

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