trips and shops, what to do

Published on: 12/27/2020 12:05 AM

Italy in the orange zone starting tomorrow and for 3 days. See you in the red zone, as of Monday, December 28, the rules change – from moving to opening stores – according to the measures provided for by the Christmas decree that the government has put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus and that will be in force until January 6.

During the ‘orange’ days, the curfew is still in force between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., but before the limitation takes effect, you can circulate within the Municipality without self-certification. You can move from small municipalities with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants and within a 30-kilometer radius, even if this means leaving your region.

“On December 28, 29, 30 and January 4, residents of a Municipality of up to 5,000 inhabitants may move freely, between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., within 30 km of the border of their own Municipality (for therefore possibly also in another Region), however, with the prohibition of moving to the provincial capitals: therefore, it will also be possible to visit friends and family within these hours and territorial spaces ”, reads the Faq of the Government Self-certification is necessary to move within the municipality between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. or to justify travel outside the municipality and / or the region for reasons of need, work, health.

Tomorrow the stores are scheduled to reopen with hours until 9:00 p.m., to prevent customers from concentrating on a tight schedule and generating crowds. Bars and restaurants, on the other hand, should be limited to takeout and home delivery.

The government’s Faq states that “in the period between December 21, 2020 and January 6, 2021, movements from a home in coexistence to second residences are always allowed, from 5 to 22, within its own Region and always prohibited to other Regions. It is allowed to move to the second home, even if it is of more than one co-owner, of a single cohabiting family unit “.

Travel to second homes in a region other than yours is prohibited from December 21 to January 6. In the period considered, therefore, “the transfer from the second home to the workplace cannot be used as justification for a new return to the second home, in another region, in the same period. Therefore, you can return to work but you can’t go back to the second house. “

For offenses, the applicable penalty is administrative, from 400 to 1,000 euros, “possibly increased to one third if the offense is caused by the use of a vehicle.”