Indoor masks, Speranza signs the ordinance: compulsory extended for another 15 days. All the points of the document, what changes from 1 May

From May 1st, masks will no longer have to be worn indoors, with some exceptions for means of transport, cinemas and indoor shows, where the obligation to wear Ffp2 will remain in force until June 15th. In summary, this is the content of the ordinance signed in the evening by the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, which incorporates the text of the amendment on the use of masks indoors, as approved by the commission. «I am personally satisfied – said Speranza -. The beginning of this new phase is consistent with the responsibility shown by the Italians who have learned to live with the virus with great awareness. It is a long-awaited message of trust for the citizens ». In the workplace and in the offices, the protocols shared with Confindustria and trade unions and already in force apply. “The need to protect the nose and mouth” is recommended but there is no obligation to wear a mask, unless otherwise agreed by the company. In cinemas and stadiums, on the other hand, until June 15 it will be possible to enter only by wearing the Dpi. And the same goes for theaters, indoor concert halls, live music venues, indoor sports events and competitions. The only exception is for discos where you can enter “with your face uncovered”. Still until mid-June, however, it will be necessary to wear a mask on long-distance means of transport and on local public transport.
Obligation to wear a mask extended until mid-June also for “workers, users and visitors of health, socio-health and social assistance facilities, including hospitality and long-term care facilities, assisted health residences (Rsa), hospices, rehabilitation structures, residential structures for the elderly, including non self-sufficient ones, and in any case residential structures “concludes Speranza. As regards travel, the provisions for arrivals from foreign countries have been extended until May 31st.
The novelty concerns the Passenger locator form which will no longer be necessary from May 1st. A decision to extend the obligation to use masks, in the name of caution, given that the pandemic, despite having slowed down, is far from over. In the last 24 hours, the new cases of positivity to Covid have been 69,204 and 131 deaths. The positivity rate stood at 15.7%, down 0.2% from yesterday. There is also a slight decline in hospitalizations: the number of beds occupied in intensive care is 12 fewer than yesterday and those in the ordinary wards are 79 fewer. An encouraging decline, but not enough to abandon the cautions of recent months and to give up masks for the Gimbe Foundation, which raises the alarm. «With May 1st at the gates – President Nino Cartabelotta denounces – the data show that the circulation of the virus, already very high, is even increasing compared to last week. The average of new daily cases has risen to almost 62 thousand, the positive rate of molecular swabs has exceeded 18% and the number of positives, widely underestimated, exceeds 1.23 million. With these numbers, if it is reasonable to send the Green pass to the attic, which has now definitively exhausted its role as a “gentle push” to vaccinate, it would be folly to abolish the obligation to wear a mask in indoor venues, especially if crowded and / or sparsely ventilated, and on public transport “.