Fountain and Lombardy mayors in government: other measures

2020-03-20T20:10:15.496Z

"Lombardy is asking the government to put in place new stringent limitations to combat the spread of Coronavirus", a compact front. So the president of the region, Attilio Fontana, the mayors of the provincial capitals of Lombardy, the president of Anci Lombardia and that of the UPL comment on the meeting that took place in the afternoon today. "We have sent a series of proposals to the Government which, if it is not considered appropriate to apply throughout the country, would however be implemented in the whole of Lombardy. The data on the health emergency require us to act in the shortest possible time: only with a further action to contain interpersonal contacts we can try to reverse an increasingly serious trend ". The document sent to the government provides for a series of proposals, many of which confirm what has already been foreseen by the latest Prime Ministerial Decree. Among the further and numerous requests sent today by the Region and by the mayors to the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, who is proposed to remain in force until April 30, the following are also noted: the suspension of the activity of the Public Offices, without prejudice to the provision of essential and public utility services; the suspension of all weekly citizen markets; suspension of activities relating to personal services (including tobacconists, hairdressers, barbers, beauticians); the closure of the activities of professional offices except those relating to indifferent services; the stoppage of activities on temporary construction sites; the closure of the so-called 'h24' vending machines which distribute drinks and packaged foods; the prohibition to practice sports and physical activities carried out outdoors, even individually. Newsagents, pharmacies and parapharmacies remain open but the interpersonal safety distance of one meter must be guaranteed in any case.