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13 December 2020Not just shopping, with the return of four new regions among the yellow areas, about 94 thousand bars, restaurants, pizzerias and farmhouses have reopened, forced to close for weeks or only to take away or home delivery.

This is what emerges from an analysis by Coldiretti on the effects of the entry into force of the new ordinance of the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, which provides for the passage of the Regions of Lombardy, Piedmont, Calabria and Basilicata in the yellow area where Emilia Romagna, Friuli Venezia were already located Giulia, Marche, Puglia and Umbria, Sicily, Liguria, Lazio, Molise, Sardinia, Veneto and the Province of Trento.



The latest reopenings for catering - Coldiretti underlines - concern structures in Lombardy (almost 51 thousand), Piedmont (almost 25 thousand), Calabria (almost 15 thousand) and Basilicata (over 3 thousand).

In the yellow areas, however - points out Coldiretti - catering activities are allowed only from 5.00 to 18.00 with the possibility of home delivery, as well as up to 22 for takeaway catering.

In critical areas (orange) - Coldiretti remembers - only home delivery is allowed, as well as takeaway catering until 10 pm, with a ban on consumption on the spot or near the premises.



Despite the color changes, in Italy - continues Coldiretti - more than one in five places (22%) are closed, including bars, pastry shops, restaurants, pizzerias and farmhouses for a total of almost 79 thousand places located in Campania, Tuscany, Abruzzo, Valle d'Aosta and the Province of Bolzano are still orange, where any table activity is prohibited, with a dramatic impact on the economy and employment.



To weigh - argues Coldiretti - is the persistence of limits in all regions even in the hottest days of the end of year holidays such as Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year with the obligation to close at 18 for all catering activities, even in safer regions.

But also the decision to lock the Italians in these days in their own municipality that knocks out above all the over 24 thousand national agritourism structures which are mainly located in small rural centers with a clientele from large cities and neighboring countries.

A real paradox - concludes Coldiretti - if we consider that the farmhouses often located in isolated areas in family structures with a limited number of beds and at the table and with large open spaces, which according to campagnamica.it are the safest places because it is easier to ensure compliance with safety measures to defend against infection outside the home.