Italy wakes up on a Monday morning in mid-April, always at high risk but much clearer and more colorful like this: Trento, Bolzano, Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Basilicata, Calabria e Sicily in orange; Val D’Aosta, Campania, Apulia e Sardinia in red. About eight out of ten Italians for a total of 48.2 million people are therefore outside the areas with the most rigid restrictions, according to Coldiretti’s calculations. A percentage similar to that of students again in attendance: here too almost 8 out of 10. While on reopening, the pressing continues. The Undersecretary of Health Pierpaolo Sileri draws a possible road map, starting in May. The minister Roberto Speranza he says: “We act with caution and gradually without forging ahead”. And government sources underline: “We continue to monitor epidemiological data and strengthen the vaccination campaign”.
The return to the benches
The school is the first to start again, more en masse. Considering that even in the red zone you go back to class up to and including sixth grade, there will be just over 6 and a half million students on the desks: 77% of the 8.5 million enrolled in state or equal schools, says the Tuttoscuola portal . Among them, just under 5.5 million children who attend kindergarten, primary and middle school, in addition to the 356 thousand children between 0 and 3 years who will access nurseries and playrooms. The others are the high school teens in Dad in rotation in the orange zones. Sardinia is the only region going against the trend, where 63,000 second and third grade students, high schools and technicians will leave the classrooms and connect from home.
“With great frankness – explains Speranza – I say that we are aware that there is an element of risk, with the increase in movements but the government has made a choice that I strongly defend. Thanks to the measures adopted in March and in these 2 weeks, we accumulated a small treasure and we decided, two months after the end of the school year, to invest it in the school as the lintel of the Italian company that paid a very high price “. The minister also spoke of a green pass, a green passport, to “allow easier mobility in European countries”.
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by Corrado Zunino
The orange zone
As for the main measures, in the orange zone you can move freely and without the obligation of self-certification within your municipality between 5 am and 10 pm. All shops and even beauty centers and hairdressers are open. Bars and restaurants, on the other hand, only work for take-away until 10 pm and for indefinite home delivery. You can visit friends and relatives, once a day, in a maximum of two people, as well as any children or children under 14 and / or non self-sufficient people. Also in this case, the movements are allowed from 5 in the morning to 10 in the evening. There remains the possibility of going to a second home in another region as well.
The red zone
In the red zone, only travel is allowed for proven reasons of work, health or necessity and the return to one’s residence, domicile or home, including the return to “second homes” inside and outside the region. Shops closed, except those considered essential. Takeaway in bars and restaurants and home delivery without time limits are possible until 10pm. Walking near your home and physical activity are possible, but always carried out individually, with the use of protective devices and at a distance of at least one meter from other people.
Red zone, here are which shops can remain open
The reopenings
The debate on reopening continues. The government could decide this week to anticipate some gradual go-ahead before the end of April, after evaluating the epidemiological situation. What opens could be a crucial week, that of the announced mid-month review. Even if ministerial sources underline that “no control room to discuss possible reopening is foreseen during the week”. For the Minister of Labor Andrea Orlando “the reopening is not achieved with statements or interviews, but with vaccinations, accelerating vaccines, and until it is at a good point it will be essential to support businesses”. The opposition of the Brothers of Italy presses to restart economic activities from April 20. The executive has always reiterated that it will depend on the infections, the number of deaths and, obviously, the percentage of immunity and therefore of administrations.
Undersecretary Sileri moves the date to May: “There we will see the reopenings. We will return with the colors. We must not rush too much, but certainly reopen. For restaurants they can already reopen from May for lunch and, probably, from mid-May also for dinner” . The modality remains that of progressive reopening: “for cinemas and theaters it will be feasible to open them immediately and so the school – argues Sileri – I would start with school, then restaurants, and then all until June, in moderation. they will be”. Definitely not about school. Indeed, there the orientation would be to bring all the pupils back in attendance after the weekend of May 1st. Although now it will be necessary to take into account the temporary stop, pending a rain supply of vaccines, to the administrations for teachers who have not yet received the first dose provided for by the order of the Covid emergency commissioner, Francesco Paolo Figliuolo. On this Monday 12 there will be a meeting at the Ministry of Education with the trade unions.
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