The government unanimously approves the new decree with the anti-Covid squeeze: it will be valid from 6 December to 15 January , but the measures can then be extended.
Among the novelties the Super green pass , that is the one for vaccinated or cured, which will be used to access shows, gyms, events or sports facilities, indoor bars and restaurants, parties and discos, public ceremonies.
The "basic" green pass , ie the one obtained through a negative molecular or antigenic swab, will be mandatory from 6 December also for hotels, changing rooms for sporting activities, regional rail transport and local public transport. That will be enough to go to the workplace.
The types and duration of tampons remain unchanged.
The vaccination obligation is extended, as explained by the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, “to non-health personnel who work in the rest of the health sector, to the police and the military, and to all school personnel. The extension of the obligation will also affect the third dose ".
The validity of the pass is also reduced: from 12 months to 9 months. The recall also changes, which can be done five months after the completion of the cycle, and from 1st December it will be possible to book the third dose for those over 18 .
DRAGHI: "CAUTION IS NEEDED" - "The situation is under control, we are in the best situation in Europe thanks to the vaccination campaign which was a remarkable success - said Prime Minister Mario Draghi at a press conference at the end of the CDM -. These measures say that we want to prevent in order to preserve, to conserve, we want to be very prudent to avoid risks "and" to be able to preserve what we have achieved, that the Italians have achieved during this year ".
So thanks to all the Italians "who joined the vaccination campaign with great participation." As for the divisions within the majority before reaching the agreement on the pass, "what appeared to be differences in position before the cdm then during the cdm are disappear ". To mend the conflict between those who get vaccinated and those who do not get vaccinated, “the government must be compact in its decisions. It must not have sagging or slightly different positions as seen so many times in Italian history: the lack of compactness is used as an excuse to escape the obligation. "The third dose?" I did it ".
VACCINES FOR CHILDREN - On vaccination for children is a “theme for attention - in the words of Draghi -. We are awaiting the pronouncement of the EMA but we have decided to start a communication campaign because there may be resistance ".
The steps were outlined by Speranza: “The first step is Ema's approval of the Pfizer vaccine for children in the reduced dose. Already tomorrow or within this week. Then Aifa will decide with an opinion aligned with Ema and then we await Pfizer's delivery of the pediatric doses, and this in the third decade of December ".
(Unioneonline / D)