The Minister of Culture Franceschini seems to have checked it: The decree that the council of ministers is about to pass would bring but only in the white area to 100 percent the capacity of theaters, cinemas and places of culture, even indoors, and to 50 percent that of discos, always indoors but with suitable ventilation systems, thus going beyond the indications of the Scientific Technical Committee which had indicated 80 percent of the maximum capacity for indoor cinemas, theaters and halls and 35 percent that for discos . Open-air dance venues could reopen with 75 percent of customers.
More public also in the sports halls which could reach up to 60 percent of the capacity while for the stadiums it remains steady at 75 percent. Reopening of course with a mandatory Green Pass and only in the white area starting from Monday 11 October. In the yellow zone, however, the capacities will still be reduced.
All ministers agree or almost all in daring to reopen given the trend of the pandemic which has remained stable almost a month after the opening of schools and with the vaccination campaign that has now immunized 80 percent of the population. The green light for the new reopening immediately after the meeting between Draghi and the leader of the Lega Salvini who ensured the vote of the League’s ministers for the measure.
It was the Minister for Cultural Heritage Franceschini who pushed the accelerator to go to full capacity in all places of culture, an issue on which the other coalition forces also agreed. Salvini had asked to expand the capacity of the discos, exceeding the 35 percent set by the CTS, considered too low a quota for the economic sustainability of the activities.
Discos
You will enter the discos and dance halls equipped with green passes and masks. The draft of the decree provides that “in the white zone the activities that take place in ballrooms, discos and similar venues are allowed in compliance with protocols and guidelines”, but “the capacity cannot in any case exceed 75 percent of the maximum allowed outdoors and 50 percent indoors “.
“In the indoor premises where the aforementioned activities take place – the draft also reads – the presence of ventilation systems without air recirculation must be guaranteed, and the obligations to wear the respiratory protection device provided for by the current legislation, with the exception of the moment of the dance “.
Sport events
“In the white zone, access to” sports “events and competitions is allowed only to subjects with one of the Covid-19 green certifications, and the permitted capacity cannot exceed 75 percent of the maximum authorized outdoors and 60 percent indoors “. It can be read in the draft of the decree being examined by the CDM.
The text specifies that the measures apply “for public participation in both events and competitions at a competitive level recognized as being of pre-eminent national interest by provision of the Italian National Olympic Committee (Coni) and the Italian Paralympic Committee (Cip), concerning the individual and team sports, organized by the respective national sports federations, associated sports disciplines, sports promotion bodies or by international sports organizations for both sporting events and competitions other than those mentioned above “.
Capacity at 50 percent in the yellow zone
“In the yellow zone, the shows open to the public in theatrical halls, concert halls, cinemas, entertainment venues and live music and in other venues or spaces, even outdoors, are carried out exclusively with pre-assigned seating and provided that respect for the interpersonal distance of at least one meter is ensured, both for spectators who are not habitually cohabiting, and for staff, and access is allowed only to subjects with one of the Covid-19 green certifications “. And again: “In the yellow area, the permitted capacity cannot exceed 50 percent of the maximum authorized”. This is what we read in the draft of the new dl on reopening on the CDM table.
Heavier fines
Tighter sanctions in the event that the managers do not comply with the new percentage limits of attendance with respect to the capacity of the structures. In the article on “urgent provisions on shows open to the public, sporting events and competitions and discos” it is in fact provided that “starting from the second violation, committed on a different day”, “the accessory administrative sanction of closure is applied. from one to ten days “.
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