Ffp2 mask and reinforced Green pass: from today they will be essential to get on public transport, from airplanes to buses. The government's squeeze to contain the infections - now at 2 million the currently positive ones - triggered on the day of returning to normal life after the holidays: commuting to work, school and all the other activities that have registered in recent weeks resume a stop or in any case a slowdown.
The news
On the island, where air and sea transport represent the only possibilities to cross the Tyrrhenian Sea, the new restrictions will have a heavier impact on mobility than in the rest of Italy. Those who are not vaccinated or cured of Covid will no longer be able to take a plane, a train, a ferry, but not even get on a bus in the city or on the subway: all actions that until yesterday were also allowed to holders of the "basic" green card (the one that is also obtained with the negative buffer). At the airports, checks will be entrusted to airlines, which have been asking passengers for the Green pass for weeks before boarding.
History
But precisely in these hours, thousands of travelers returning from abroad have experienced firsthand the poor accuracy of boarding checks.
The ordinance of the Ministry of Health is enforced in a patchy way: "No one asked us for the result of the test, which my wife and I did in Finland before boarding the flight to Rome", says the Cagliari lawyer Giovanni Dore, just back from a vacation in Lapland. Like him, many other travelers have passed through a network of oversized checks: «To board the outward flight, from Rome to Helsinki, we were regularly asked about the results of the swab. On the return trip, with the same company, this did not happen ».
On the coaches
Controls on other means of public transport are also difficult. On buses only law enforcement agencies can carry out random checks. The Ctm recalls: "To travel on public transport it will be necessary - as issued by the Law Decrees - to use the Ffp2 mask and have a reinforced Green pass".
But many passengers do not respect the rules: every day bus drivers ask - not always successfully - passengers to wear a mask.
The other sectors
From today, the squeeze will also affect other sectors, not just transport. To stay in any type of accommodation, from hotels to bed and breakfasts, you will need the Super Green Pass.
Then there are other rules that will come into force on February 1st and provide for the obligation of a basic Green pass to access public offices, post offices, banks and commercial activities. On the other hand, no certificate will be requested to enter shops that sell foodstuffs, pharmacies and services that "satisfy the essential and primary needs of the person".
(Unioneonline)
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