Disappointed hopes for the Piedmontese and Lombards who hoped for an easing of the restrictions following the slight improvement in epidemiological data. For the Ministry of Health it is still too early. Minister Roberto Speranza has in fact signed a new ordinance is confirms the red zone - and the consequent restrictions - for Lombardy, Piedmont, Calabria and Valle d'Aosta. They remain in the orange zone instead Puglia and Sicily.
The new ordinance enters into force today, 20 November and will be "valid until 3 December 2020, without prejudice to the possibility of a new classification”. The decision does not concern theAbruzzo which in any case becomes a red zone on the basis of the choice made by its Governor, Marco Marsilio. We remind you that the dpcm that established the rules still in force also expires on December 3 and at that juncture the Government could establish some relaxations in view of the holidays. A Christmas plan with two objectives: to allow citizens to spend the holidays with their families (Premier Conte has in any case already recommended "a sober Christmas, without parties, kisses and hugs") and to restore some oxygen to commercial activities, in strong difficulties due to the restrictions introduced to contain second wave infections.
While waiting for new decisions for the six regions mentioned above, the first to have suffered restrictions after the Prime Ministerial Decree of November 3, everything will remain as it is, however, for at least another week. In fact, a new classification will be carried out on 27 November which could bring about some color changes based on the trend of infections from Covid-19 in the coming days.
The restrictive measures “are the only real tool we now have to lower the contagion and bring it under control”, said Minister Speranza during the webinar 'The European Union to the challenge of Covid-19'. “It is evident that they cause sacrifices on an economic and cultural level, but as the preliminary numbers of the last few days in our country show, they prove to work. We have, in the last week, a level of Rt, or contagion spread index, which has dropped compared to the previous week and today new data will be presented,” he continued.
“The data we are starting to receive gives us a glimpse the light at the end of the tunnel but one must have a cautious approach. We have institutional agencies, both at European and national level, which will have to follow the procedures for validating vaccines and treatments with the utmost caution, but the data we see gives us hope. We could be in a position in the first months of 2021 to have the first doses. The distribution will see healthcare personnel as the first beneficiaries and then people in hospital and RSA ”, he concluded.
Meanwhile the resources available rose from 1,4 to around 2 billion for the strengthening of the Ristori Due Decree, which the government launched in the night between Friday and Saturday, while the new budget deviation useful for financing a further Ristori Three already next week amounts to 8 billion.
