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Covid, crowds and gatherings in large Italian cities
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April 25, 2021 Maintain distance, use suitable masks, avoid coming into contact with people who do not usually meet. The appeal launched to citizens by local institutions in view of the reopening of tomorrow, April 26, is unanimous. The relaxation of restrictions will be closely monitored by law enforcement. The head of the Police Lamberto Giannini in the circular sent to the Quaestors - which accompanies that of the head of the cabinet of the Ministry of the Interior - explains that the checks must cover all "activities", inviting them to prepare "targeted operational interventions" in the premises and along the road and motorway network, especially on the border between the red and orange regions, as well as in airports and stations.
In Rome there will be gates in nightlife areas
In Rome, the gates will open in some areas of the nightlife: they will be manned by police and civil protection forces in particularly popular areas such as the pedestrian area at Pigneto, Campo de Fiori, Trastevere, San Lorenzo. In addition, some areas in the very busy squares will be cordoned off such as the staircase in Piazza Trilussa, the statue of Giordano Bruno in Campo de 'Fiori and Piazza Madonna dei Monti.
The plan was developed in the last technical table chaired by the Rome police chief, Carmine Esposito, after a meeting of the provincial committee for order and security. Also checks for the return in the presence of secondary schools and universities. A task force will be launched tomorrow morning in the operations center of the police headquarters with the various entities involved to monitor the progress. There will be security services at metro stops, bus terminals, stations and outside schools to avoid crowds. Anti-gathering controls are foreseen outside restaurants and commercial establishments.
Prefect of Trieste: "Tighter controls from tomorrow"
"Tomorrow afternoon a Committee for public order and safety is scheduled" during which "I will ask the leaders of the police forces to be even more rigorous" in their controls. "I'm pretty worried that there is a 'free all'". This was said by the prefect of Trieste and government commissioner for Friuli Venezia Giulia, Valerio Valenti, on the sidelines of the celebrations for April 25, today in Trieste. From tomorrow the Fvg will return to the yellow zone. "My invitation - added Valenti - is to keep the distance, use suitable masks, avoid coming into contact with people who do not usually meet and protect the elderly better. After that we hope that the vaccines go forward quickly.We hope that tomorrow the extraordinary commissioner Francesco Figliuolo ", expected in the region," will give us good news both with respect to the vaccine dissemination plan and with respect to the use of suitable and sufficient personnel to be able to support this campaign ".
Zaia: "Be responsible. Respect rules so as not to go back to the abyss epidemic"
The governor of the Veneto Region, Luca Zaia, on respect for social rules underlines: "It is an appeal that I address to all the Venetians who up to now have given proof of seriousness and civic sense, but which I address particularly to all children, who are involved on several fronts, primarily at school. Just as it is undeniable that there are outbreaks in classes and institutes, it is equally true that schools, sooner or later, they should have opened. "
"Precisely from the boys - he continues - I ask the utmost attention so that they monitor all forms of outdoor aggregation, I ask them to always keep the mask correctly worn, because if (to date) it seems that this virus does not have particularly heavy health outcomes for the younger segment of the population, it is true that children are in any case an important transmission chain towards their peers and consequently to family members and adults, with often very dangerous outcomes ". "All of us - he concludes - must pay attention and scruple: do not underestimate the risk, do not let your guard down, pay attention to our behavior. We owe it to those around us, to all those who cannot afford the luxury of getting infected and getting sick, by pathology, by age, by frailty,we owe it to the whole community ".
Nardella: "Beware of crowding"
"We will try to be vigilant as much as possible - explains Dario Nardella, mayor of Florence -, because there is a risk, especially at the weekend, that there are too many gatherings, too many crowds. I repeat, none of us want to to go back and I say this with all my heart to the people who have to do their part because these reopening must be truly irreversible ". "This time it can really be the right time for reopening - underlines Nardella - but people must not think that everything can be done, that now everything is over: it is a very delicate moment, if we really care about all the operators, all those people who need to go back to work, then we must be prudent and responsible ".