Real red zones, urgently decreed by the Government to isolate the outbreaks and prevent the spread of the coronavirus across the country: as it is now sadly known, we are talking about some Municipalities of the Lodi area, around Codogno where the first officially diagnosed case occurred, and another area in Veneto, in the Padua area. In both of these areas more infections are reported than in others and there were the first three deaths, two women in Lombardy and a man in Veneto.
The Government decree also provides for the closure of schools, offices and companies in these areas, the stop to school trips in Italy and abroad and to sporting events. With the intervention of the army is also arranged that in the red areas neither trains nor public transport will arrive and within the affected areas, circulation will be severely limited and, if necessary, prohibited altogether.
But what exactly are these areas? In Lombardy, the off-limit areas are those of the lower Po valley, close to Emilia, so much so that Piacenza is also among the Municipalities involved as well as Lodi, Codogno, Pizzighettone, Pieve Porto Morone, Sesto Cremonese and Casalpusterlengo. In Veneto, the area circled in red is the one around Padua, with its epicenter in Vo' Euganeo and then a curfew also in Schiavonia, Mira, Mirano.
In these areas, the advice is to stay at home as much as possible, even if the Civil Protection has invited not to panic: "As part of the activities put in place to deal with the Coronavirus emergency - he explains on the site - Citizen collaboration is essential. The population is therefore invited to go to health facilities and to use the emergency numbers only if strictly necessary".
