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10 May 2021 A large part of Italy remains in the yellow area. Sicily and Sardinia remain in orange, the same color that the Aosta Valley passes through, thus leaving the red. These, starting today, Monday 10 May, are the main novelties of the color map of Italy grappling with the Covid emergency as "drawn" by the new ordinances signed by the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza on the basis of data and indications of the Control Room of 7 May. The first ordinance classifies the Val d'Aosta in the orange area, the second renews the orange area for Sicily and the third door in the yellow area of ​​Basilicata, Calabria and Puglia.



Overall, therefore, the breakdown of the Regions and Autonomous Provinces in the different areas based on the risk levels starting from today is as follows: Orange area Valle d'Aosta, Sicily and Sardinia; yellow zone Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Autonomous Province of Bolzano, Autonomous Province of Trento, Puglia, Tuscany, Umbria and Veneto. Curfew is still in force everywhere, from 10pm to

5am

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Transfers

- As for the movements, in the yellow zone, they are free. You don't even need self-certification to switch from one yellow region to another. The rules for private visits have changed until June 15 in the yellow regions. Four people can reach another private home, who will be able to bring with them minor children, even older than 14 years. These movements can also take place between different yellow regions and it does not matter if the journey involves crossing an orange or red region. In the orange zone, you can leave the municipality, if it has up to 5,000 inhabitants, and move 30 km without going to a capital. Private visits can take place within the limits of the municipality. Instead, they are prohibited in the red zone. Yes to access to second homes,even if they are in the orange or red zone, but only if you do not live and if you move only in the company of the cohabiting family. The movement, including those who return to their residence, does not require vaccination or recovery certificates and swabs.



Bars and restaurants

- In the yellow zone, new reopening criteria for bars and restaurants that will be able to host customers for lunch and dinner as long as they are outdoors. You can only sit at the table, maximum four people, unless they are cohabitants. The distance is fixed at one meter. From 1 June, only in the yellow zone, the restaurants will be open even indoors from 5 to 18. You can only sit at the table, maximum four people, unless they are cohabitants. The ministry's circular to the prefects clarified some rules for bars. Service at the outdoor tables and even at the counter is allowed only "in the presence of structures that allow outdoor consumption". Otherwise, only table service and take away, allowed until 6pm.inside the bars you have to stay the time strictly necessary. In the orange and red zone, however, bars and restaurants are closed. The take-away of food and drinks remains allowed until 6 pm from bars and until 10 pm from wine bars, wineries and restaurants. Home delivery of food and drinks is always allowed.



School

- From 26 April there was a return to attendance also in high schools (upper secondary schools). The presence is guaranteed in the red zone from 50% to 75%. In the yellow and orange area from 70% to 100% according to what has been announced by Palazzo Chigi. As for the university, from 26 April to 31 July in the yellow and orange areas the activities take place primarily in presence. In the red areas it is recommended to encourage the presence of first year students in particular. "



Sports, gyms and swimming pools: how it works

- Gyms and swimming pools remain closed. "From April 26, 2021, in the yellow zone, in compliance with the guidelines in force, it is allowed to carry out any sporting activity outdoors, including team and contact activities. In addition, from May 15, 2021, always in the yellow zone, the activities of the outdoor swimming pools and, from 1 June, those of the gyms ", reads the note from Palazzo Chigi. In the orange zone it is allowed to carry out outdoor sports or motor activities, even in equipped areas and public parks, provided that in any case respecting the interpersonal safety distance of at least 2 meters for sports activities, unless the presence of a carer for minors or for people who are not completely self-sufficient. It is allowed to go to sports centers and clubs,public and private, of its own municipality or, in the absence of such structures, in neighboring municipalities, to carry out basic sports activities exclusively outdoors. The use of internal changing rooms in clubs is prohibited. In the red zone, basic sports activities and physical activity in general are suspended in public and private sports centers and clubs, both outdoors and indoors. Contact sports prohibited. In the red zone, yes to walking near your home and individual sporting activities (running, cycling).basic sports activity and physical activity in general at public and private sports centers and clubs, both outdoors and indoors. Contact sports prohibited. In the red zone, yes to walking near your home and individual sporting activities (running, cycling).basic sports activity and physical activity in general at public and private sports centers and clubs, both outdoors and indoors. Contact sports prohibited. In the red zone, yes to walking near your home and individual sporting activities (running, cycling).



Cinemas and theaters

- From 26 April cinemas, theaters, concert halls and live clubs have reopened to the public in the yellow zone. The modalities: it is necessary that there are pre-assigned seats and a distance of one meter from each other. The maximum capacity allowed is 50% of the maximum authorized and in any case not exceeding 500 spectators indoors and 1000 outdoors, announced Palazzo Chigi. In relation to the epidemiological trend and the characteristics of the sites, it will be possible to authorize the presence of a greater number of spectators outdoors, in compliance with the indications of the CTS and the guidelines.



Coldiretti: 9 out of 10 Italians in the yellow zone

Almost nine out of ten Italians (89%) find themselves in the yellow zone for a total of 53 million people who can benefit from the lower level of restrictions against the Covid pandemic. This is what emerges from Coldiretti's analysis of Istat data on the effects of the entry into force of the new ordinance with only 3 orange regions (Sardinia, Sicily and Valle d'Aosta) and none in red. "With the new color map - underlines Coldiretti - the bars, restaurants, pizzerias and agritourisms with outdoor catering activities that can be served outside the table rise to 170 thousand".



Vaccines. Lombardy. Already more than 270 thousand over 50 booked

There are already 270,170 reservations for the anti Covid-19 vaccine for the 50-59 age group that arrived in Lombardy last night. This was announced by the Welfare Department of the Region, which specifies that 98.6% of the people booked did so through the portal of the Italian Post Office and the Region. 46 people will be vaccinated today, some


had an appointment at 8.00 this morning. Vaccinations will grow from 23 May with currently a peak on 31 May of 32 thousand vaccinations for that age group. Approximately 70% of those booked received the appointment by 2 June. . The fifties in Lombardy make up an audience of almost 1.6 million inhabitants.



Initially, non-fragile over 50-59 year-olds, according to the "Bertolaso ​​plan", could have started booking their inoculation from Friday 30 April 2021. But in recent weeks, Pirellone has aligned itself with the instructions of General Figliuolo, in charge of the national vaccination plan which called for priority to fragile citizens. From 12 noon on Wednesday 28 April, the booking for anti Covid vaccines for fragile citizens between the ages of 55 and 59, in possession of an exemption for pathology, was activated. New slot, at 9pm the same day, for the 50-54 age group (always fragile). On Saturday, May 1st, bookings for the vaccine opened to all frail people born between 1962 and 2005 (between 16 and 59 years old).