Weekend closure, what can I do and when will it be activated? Travel, restaurants: the hypotheses under consideration

The only grip that at the moment seems safe is the passage of a Region in the red zone exceeding the bar of 250 infections per hundred thousand inhabitants. Otherwise, there is still fog in the new anti-strait.COVID-19 that could be taken on the cdm tomorrow. But the crackdown on weekends seems to be just around the corner. Removed the ghost of a total crash, which also Cts excluded, it is now necessary to decide whether to make the whole of Italy turn red on weekends, closing on weekends starting with the closing of bars and restaurants. The government awaits new data to understand where and how the pandemic is moving and how variations affect its development. It also remains to be decided whether to prevent movement from the municipalities of residence, or to allow people to move while maintaining the 10 p.m. curfew.

Since when did the bans come into effect?

Even on the date the new squeeze will begin, there are no certainties: Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s willingness to inform citizens well in advance, decide on the new squeeze on Friday, and put it into operation the next day, the end of week of March 13 and 14 – it would not allow to maintain faith in the commitment assumed also during the speech of confidence to the Chambers. Therefore, the new bans could only come into effect from the following weekend (20-21).

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Will I be able to leave the house?

You can revert to the rules in effect during the Christmas season with closings in effect on Saturdays and Sundays. But it remains to be decided whether to avoid the movement of people as occurs in the red band – with the exception of work, health and emergency – or to allow more freedom of movement, as had happened during the Christmas holidays, when the by an orange band that prevents you from leaving your municipality but allows you to leave the house from 5 to 22.

Will bars and restaurants also be closed in the yellow zone?

In any case, bars and restaurants will be closed all day on weekends even in the yellow zone. Only take away food (until 6:00 p.m. in bars) and home delivery are allowed.

The red zones

The situation is different for the red zones. A real blockade could take place in the red areas, where public places and shops will be closed, travel will be prohibited, physical activity will be allowed only in the vicinity of the house. The indication of the CTS does not leave room for the election of governors because it establishes the parameter that makes the transition to the highest risk range automatic: 250 weekly infections per 100,000 inhabitants. This is precisely the indicator that many regional presidents have used to justify closing all schools.

Will cinemas and theaters reopen?

Weekend closures make it difficult to reopen cinemas and theaters on March 27, as established by the current Dpcm.