Conte: "With measures we are confident that we will arrive calmly at Christmas. Ready compensation for penalized categories"

• Covid.

  Conte signs a new Dpcm during the night, rules in force until 24 November

• The premises are closed at 6 pm, today the new dpcm is expected

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October 25, 2020 "The latest epidemiological data cannot leave us indifferent. The Rt index has reached the critical threshold of 1.5. If we do not tighten now, we will not get over it. The goal is not to clear the contagion curve but to keep it under control "warns Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte during the press conference to illustrate the new rules contained in the Dpcm to deal with the Covid-19 emergency.

"What prompted us to intervene so shortly were the data elaborated on Friday by the Technical Scientific Committee" underlines the Prime Minister.

"The high number of positive people at Covid has exceeded 20 thousand people - he continues - We want to keep the epidemiological curve under control in order to avoid another lockdodwn, the country cannot afford it. We must protect health and economy together. Hence. the need to introduce new measures that will come into force from this evening, until November 24 ".

Then he adds: "We have not introduced the curfew, it is a word we do not like, but we recommend not to move except for reasons of health, study and work".

"The virus runs a lot and therefore we must be ready and flexible to intervene. But we cannot blame the government for being distracted and lowering the threshold of attention: I remember that before the summer everyone, even public opinion, they thought they had passed the pandemic while the government asked for an extension of the state of emergency said that we could not let our guard down and continued to buy masks and respirators "underlines the premier.

"Compensation is ready for those who will be penalized by these new rules. The refreshments will arrive directly on bank current accounts through the Revenue Agency - explains the President of the Council - There will be tax credit for commercial rent for the months of October and November, the second IMU installment due for December 16 will be canceled, the redundancy fund confirmed and a new monthly allowance for seasonal tourism, entertainment, intermittent sports work. We will offer an additional monthly payment of the emergency income and support measures for the agri-food chain ".

"If we all respect the rules in this month of November, in December we could slow down" continues the premier who announces "as early as Tuesday there is the will to go to the Official Gazette".

Then he explains: "Thanks to the help of ministers Gualtieri and Patuanelli we will be able to guarantee the compensation with the current resources and there will be no budget variances". 

with regions

"There was a long confrontation with regions, we ended up with different proposals on bar and restaurant closures. But up to now, we have left the regions the possibility of adopting ordinances, we have pursued strategies with restrictive measures in critical areas. But the data we are examining shows that the pandemic is running smoothly. Hence the government's intervention to redefine a restrictive framework on the understanding that we can continue in the coming days to the regions to agree on measures even more restrictive ". 

"The data we are examining say that the pandemic is running uniformly and critically throughout Italy. Hence the government's intervention to redefine the framework of restrictive measures. And in the coming days we will be able to leave the regions to agree with us more measures. restrictive "adds the premier.

The protests are there and "God forbid: if I were on the other side I too would feel anger at government measures, even if I would say to wait and see the economic support that will be conspicuous".

But we must be careful "because we must not offer the professionals of protest and social unrest to have space" replies Conte to reporters.

And he adds: "There are groups of antagonists, even a little professional, who try to fuel the protest. They tell me that there were ordinary citizens, but watch out for infiltrations".