There is still no road map, but the Green pass will be abolished by the summer. While the numbers of the Coronavirus emergency certify that the pandemic is in retreat, the Draghi government plans the reopening and prepares a decree that in mid-March will bring a precise calendar on the restrictions and their end. Undersecretary Andrea Costa repeated yesterday that the March 31 the state of emergency will lapse and that from that day it will most likely no longer be necessary to show the Covid-19 Green Certification in restaurants, bars and all outdoor activities. Meanwhile, the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza has signed an ordinance that extends the same rules that apply to EU citizens to travelers arriving from non-EU countries. So stop the quarantine: from 1 March to enter Italy the same conditions as the basic Green pass, i.e. certificate of vaccination, recovery, or negative test will be enough.
The first of April
The next moves are already marked. The the first of March the increase in the capacity of stadiums and sports halls will arrive at 75% and al 60%. The March 10 you will be able to return to visit family members in the hospital for 45 minutes per day and it will be allowed to consume food and drink, although some experts advise against the practice. But the date to be marked on the calendar is that of April 1st. From that day on, it will be possible to eat again in outdoor restaurants and bars, but it will be necessary to eat indoors. Where the obligation to wear a mask will remain, abolished outdoors starting fromFebruary 11th. And from 1 April, the newspaper adds, always with the aim of relaunching tourism for Easter, there could be a slackening on long-distance transport – at the moment a reinforced pass is needed – as well as on the rules in hotels.
It remains to understand what will become of the emergency structure headed by General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo and the Technical Scientific Committee. The Corriere della Sera he wrote that the idea that prevails in the rooms of the Prime Minister is to bring all the competences back to the Ministry of Health, starting with what will remain of the vaccination campaign. While the hypothesis of shifting the responsibilities of Figliuolo on the shoulders of Fabrizio Curcio to the Civil Protection seems to have faded. However, if the EMA were to give the green light to the fourth dose of the vaccine, the government could ask the army and the Civil Protection itself for help again for the administration. Dismantling is also planned for the CTS but the internal positions will probably remain as government consultants.
June 21st
Companies will then have to negotiate with employees and trade unions how to decline the new rules of smart working, given that the old ones will lapse the March 31. The obligation to show the Green pass of the shops could lapse in the path that will lead to the summer and the lifting of all restrictions. So from April to June. However, it will remain mandatory to wear a mask in case of gatherings. A journey in stages will also be the condition for removing the restrictions in cinemas and theaters, and here too the end is scheduled for June. Even the governors will see their emergency powers reduced, while the color zones will remain with the usual rules.
Already next week, explained the Minister for Regional Affairs Mariastella Gelmini, the government should bring together the control room with the representatives of the majority to discuss the terms of the de-escalation. “We all think, first of all Draghi, Berlusconi, but also Salvini – the minister pointed out to Rai microphones – that we should go towards a gradual relaxation of the measures because, thanks to vaccines, curves and numbers bode well”. The process should remain the same: the epidemiological evidence, then the political passage in the control room, finally the imprimatur of the Prime Minister, more than ever willing to keep the bridle of the situation firmly, despite the tugs of the opening wing of the majority. A new Covid decree is therefore expected for the middle of Marchin time for the deadline of 31.
What remains
The debate on the restrictions to be maintained is still open. At least for a few months you can only work with the Super Green pass, while for the over 50 the vaccination obligation remains in force until June 15. From that date, the restrictions on production activities will gradually begin to be removed. For buses and metro, the presentation of the pass will remain, even if the form has yet to be decided. The expiry of the vaccination obligation for over 50 it will not cancel the fines for those who have not respected the law. The Privacy Guarantor has made it known that after so many delays and disputes between institutions are coming.