Veneto remains in the “yellow zone” until December 3.

The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, has signed an ordinance, in force as of Friday, November 20, which renews the measures relating to the Regions of Calabria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Puglia, Sicily, Aosta Valley. The new ordinance is valid until December 3, 2020, without prejudice to the possibility of a new classification provided for by the decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of November 3, 2020. Restrictive measures “are the only real tool we have. now to lower the contagion and get it under control. ” Veneto therefore remains in the “yellow zone”.

“It is clear that they cause sacrifices at an economic and cultural level, but as the preliminary numbers of the last days in our country show, they show that they work – Speranza adds during the webinar ‘The European Union to the challenge of Covid-19’ – We have, in the last week, a level of Rt, or infection spread index, which has decreased compared to the previous week and new data will be presented today. ” end of the tunnel, but we must take a cautious approach. We have institutional agencies, both at European and national level, which will have to follow the validation procedures for vaccines and treatments with the utmost caution, but the data we see give us hope ”. Thus, the Minister of Health: “We could be in the right conditions – he added, in early 2021 to have the first doses. The distribution will see first the beneficiaries the health personnel and then the people in the hospital and Rsa ”.