Towards a new Dpcm. Governors write to government: "Close shopping malls on weekends"

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24 October 2020

State-Regions Conference today on the new measures to be put in place to counter the coronavirus emergency.

The hypotheses circulating in these hours on the contents of the new Dpcm that Prime Minister Conte will sign, as we learn, tomorrow, include, among other things, the closure of bars and restaurants at 18 and the ban on travel between Regions. .

In the evening, the governors comment on the measures on the government table and send a letter to Conte and to the ministers Speranza and Boccia.

In the letter, written by the governor of the Emilia Romagna Region and president of the Conference of the Regions, Stefano Bonaccini, the doubts of the Regions on the contents of the Dpcm are expressed and it is asked to include in the provision the commitment to recognize adequate refreshments for the sectors most affected by the squeeze anti-Covid.

The governors are asking, among other things, to rethink the tightening of the closures of bars and restaurants, not to close the ski lifts, to swab only the symptomatic and cohabitants of those who contracted the virus.

"In general - writes Bonaccini - the need to provide adequate forms of refreshment for the sectors and economic activities affected by the limitations introduced by the provision object of this opinion is highlighted, through the simultaneous activation of specific discussions with the competent Ministries ".

Then Bonaccini moves, on behalf of the Regions, the "observations to the Dpcm" with the request for conferences.

At point one "the extension of

for upper secondary schools and universities; while at the second point," in order to make the work of the ASL / Regions sustainable in times of emergency by reducing the load due to difficulties in contact tracing, swabs (molecular or antigenic) should be used only for symptomatic and close contacts (family and cohabitants) on evaluation by the Prevention Departments and the daily call should be reserved for individuals in isolation or quarantine to specific cases on the evaluation of the public health operator ".

In point three, action is taken on one of the most heartfelt points of the Dpcm,

: "Provide the closing time for restaurants at 11.00 pm, with only table service - asks Bonaccini on behalf of the governors - to the bars close at 8.00 pm with the exception of the establishments that can guarantee table service. Eliminate the obligation to close on Sundays ".

At point four, the conference of the Regions asks to leave the lifts in the ski areas open, which have ended up in the squeeze, finally at point five it is asked to "provide for the closure of shopping centers at the weekend, with the exception of food and pharmacies".

"In addition, the attention of the Government is submitted to the need to:

relating to: gyms, swimming pools, sports centers, cinemas, theaters, etc., also by evaluating the epidemiological data of reference; provide for a commitment on the part of the Dpcm of the government to restore activities that have suffered limitations and / or closures ".