Agreement between ministers Luciana Lamorgese (Interior) and Roberto Speranza (Health), due to the “changed epidemiological framework”
In consideration of the changed epidemiological picture, the use of the mask is strongly recommended for the access of voters to the polling stations for the sole exercise of the vote. A circular from the Interior Ministry provides for this following the signing of an agreement between the ministers Luciana Lamorgese and Roberto Speranza. Previously, the use of a mask was mandatory.
The Viminale website informs that “the head of the Department for Internal and Territorial Affairs of the Ministry of the Interior Claudio Sgaraglia has issued a new circular in which he informs the prefects of the signing by the ministers of health, Roberto Speranza, and of the ‘Interno, Luciana Lamorgese, of the addendum to the health and safety Protocol of 11 May 2022 for the conduct of electoral and referendum consultations for the year 2022. The addendum, in consideration of the changed epidemiological framework with respect to the date of adoption of the protocol itself, provides for the strongly recommended use of the surgical mask for the access of voters to the polling stations, for the sole exercise of the right to vote “.