Green light in the Council of Ministers to the new decree with the new, further measures to combat the Covid epidemic.
Three main measures adopted:
- Quarantine reset to those vaccinated for less than four months and those with dose boosters
- Extension of the Super Green Pass almost everywhere: to get on trains, buses, metro and all other means of transport, to enter hotels, go to fairs, ski lifts and many other places for socializing and entertainment
- Low prices for Ffp2 masks.
On the other hand, the proposal of those who asked to extend the obligation of the Super Green pass to all categories of workers does not pass, despite the requests received from the Regions. A measure supported by the Pd and Forza Italia, but opposed instead - after a close confrontation both in the CDM and in the control room - by Lega and Movimento 5 Stelle.
THE QUARANTHES - The main provision of the decree is, as mentioned, the change of the rules for quarantine, with three different categories: the aim is to avoid the paralysis of the country, which - given the high number of people in quarantine, because they are infected or coming into contact with an infected person - it risks ending up in a sort of “mini-lockdown” also generated by the continuous self-isolation of those who are negative. The quarantines will therefore no longer be provided for vaccinated with boosters or with two doses of less than four months who come into contact with a person who then tested positive for Covid, if asymptomatic. In these cases, there will be a form of self-monitoring and the execution, on the fifth day of contact with the positive case, of a swab with negative results.
For those who have performed the last vaccination for more than four months - therefore with less coverage from the infection - self-isolation would drop from 7 to 5 days, with a negative test.
No changes, however, for those who are not vaccinated: the quarantine remains at 10 days.
SUPER GREEN PASS - From 10 January 2022 until the end of the emergency - explain government sources after the Cdm - the use of the Enhanced Green Pass is extended, as well as in the field of long-distance transport, also to hotels and accommodation facilities; feasts resulting from civil or religious ceremonies; festivals and fairs, congress centers, outdoor catering services, ski lifts with tourist-commercial purposes even if located in ski areas, swimming pools, swimming centers, team sports and wellness centers also outdoors, cultural centers, social centers and recreation for outdoor activities.
Finally, in the stadiums, the capacity returns to 50%.
(Unioneonline / lf)
