Covid, from Monday the Regions in the yellow zone become 6. No New Year’s Eve event in Bologna, in Trentino super Green pass even at the counter

Six Regions and 12 million Italians will pass the Christmas in the yellow zone. The official will arrive on Friday with the order of the minister Roberto Speranza and the measure will come into effect as usual next Monday, but the numbers give the certainty of the passage in yellow zone from Monday of Liguria, Marche, Veneto and the province of Trento – except for changes to the last due to an increase in positions in the departments by the Regions and not to an improvement in the data – which will be added to Friuli Venezia Giulia, Calabria and province of Bolzano. It is the confirmation of the growing infections and the pressure on hospitals that is increasing throughout Italy, with local administrators who meanwhile introduce new restrictions for the holidays, the period they fear the most, also given the unknowns related to the Omicron variant. Indeed, Bologna is added to the other cities that have already given up an event in the square for New Year’s Eve: the Municipality has decided to cancel the party in Piazza Maggiore. While the president is always in Trentino Maurizio Fugatti already tries to increase the restrictions and signs an ordinance that provides for the obligation to super Green pass also to consume at the counter. The hold is valid until January 15th.

“From Monday Liguria will be in the yellow zone for the next ones two weeks. According to the report of December 16, the average weekly incidence every 100 thousand inhabitants stands at 313 (314 Savona, 235 Spezia, 647 Imperia, 229 Genoa) while the number of beds occupied in the medical area is 17% and those in intensive care are al 12%“, Writes the governor in a note Giovanni Toti, who is also councilor for health in Liguria. “A figure that we expected – he continues – given the circulation of the virus in recent days and which confirms how we are in peak from the fourth wave. Fortunately, thanks to vaccines, hospitals and intensive care are one third occupied compared to last year and this – Toti concluded – allows us not to have alarm situations in our hospitals “.

In addition to infections, however, hospitalizations are also on the rise and the fear is that the pressure on health facilities may increase, especially if prices e parties during the holiday season will cause new outbreaks. For this mayors and governor are increasingly choosing the line of prudence and also Bologna cancel the New Year’s Eve in Piazza Maggiore. “A decision that we take with a sense of responsibility and that I believe will be understood by the citizens of Bologna – explains the mayor Matteo Lepore – At a time when infections start to rise again and in which we ask everyone to get vaccinated and protect themselves, including our boys and girls, we must avoid the occasion of potential infections or inconsistent situations “. In Emilia Romagna also Parma e Reggio Emilia they canceled the usual celebrations in the square for the transition to the new year. Rimini has decided not to hold the traditional Concertone but will keep popular events in the city and DJ sets with admissions probably limited.

Also in Trentino i mayors they mutually agreed to cancel the events in the square for the night of San Silvestro. But now comes a further squeeze, decided by the president of the autonomous province, Maurizio Fugatti. Its ordinance provides for the compulsory possession, from 17 December and until 15 January 2022, of the possession of the reinforced Green pass to be able to carry out drinks at the counter. The provision states that “in the provincial territory, in the context of the restaurant business or the administration of meals and drinks, carried out by any establishment, including agritourism and wine tourism operators, even customers who consume at the counter indoors must be equipped of the so-called ‘Enhanced Green Pass’ “.

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