The battle over the green pass rages inside the government, on the day when the executive is called to decide on the new measures that will regulate the lives of Italians in the coming weeks. Inside the control room of Draghi the discussion is still ongoing: mediation is sought, starting precisely from the measures of the extension of the health passport, strongly contested by Matteo Salvini.
“I’m interested in not ruining the lives of millions of Italians who are not yet covered by the vaccine,” said the leader of the League in Agorà. “Many cannot do it, for health reasons. Complicating the life of these people with the obligation of the Green pass? Let’s not joke. We cannot stop a tourist season that is painstakingly restarting in mid-July. Especially at a time when, even if the infections go back, the intensive therapies remain almost empty “.
Salvini went further: “The vaccination obligation for teachers and school staff is not needed”, he declared. “Today 80% of the teaching staff is vaccinated, in September it will reach 90%. So coverage is fully guaranteed. Me. they are for the explanation, the conviction, the education never for the compulsion, the dismissals, the fines ».
Gelmini’s answer. “The use of the green pass will be extended to achieve two objectives: to incentivize vaccinations and avoid possible new closures,” said Mariastella Gelmini, Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomy, to the microphones of Tg1. “The only way to defeat the virus is to have faith in science.”
The opinion of the scientific community. “The green pass is an opportunity to be exploited where infections reach significant numbers that can lead to restrictions,” said Undersecretary of Health Pierpaolo Sileri. “Green pass means fighting restrictions, it must be used in a gradual and proportionate manner. If the epidemiological situation were to lead to a conspicuous increase in cases, and in my opinion in Italy we will exceed 10 thousand by the end of August, the alternatives – he explained – would be restrictions or the green pass. Then you can use the green pass for places where there is greater crowding up to the little daily thing, like going to a restaurant. Today for the little daily thing it is not needed, but if we reached 60 thousand cases like in the United Kingdom then it would be a necessary measure to avoid closures. The green pass would dissolve many knots in many everyday situations that are blocked today. The discos are closed, is it better to open them with the green pass or keep them closed? I would say that it is better that they are open with the green pass. In hospitals there will be much more visits to loved ones thanks to the green pass “he concluded”.
therefore Coldiretti makes the first estimates that the mandatory Green Pass could damage the restaurant business. The measure – underlines the agricultural organization – affects about 360 thousand restaurants, trattorias, pizzerias, agritourisms of which only a little more than half have outdoor spaces where, however, the number of seats has significantly increased thanks to the flexibility granted on the use of public spaces . No indoor restaurant without a tampon for over one in four Italians (26%) with the possibility of entry only for people who have had at least one administration or have recovered from Covid.
“The Green Pass is essential to restart the country, we cannot ask citizens to respect this rule without giving us an example. Here because the certificate must also be mandatory for parliamentarians and for the employees of the Chambers, to allow the work to proceed safely and to give a signal to the country ”, comments Emilio Carelli, deputy of Coraggio Italia. “No privileges for politicians because the Green Pass is an indispensable tool for returning to normality and guaranteeing the safety of all. If we expect the situation to improve, we parliamentarians must be the first to lead by example, demonstrating its effectiveness and feasibility »concludes Carelli.