Fine of 280 euros if paid within 5 days or 400 euros if paid within 60 days. In addition, it also reaches 3 thousand euros. This is what those who do not wear the mask to cover their mouth and nose risk in the streets of the center of Milan. Target: curb infections and stay in the white zone. In Milan, the obligation to wear an anti-covid mask is back, even outdoors in the most crowded places in the center. “I think – said Mayor Beppe Sala – it is something necessary at the moment, but in the end it does not penalize anyone. It is not a great sacrifice: we are all used to it, but at this moment prudence must be strong again” .
Lombardy remains a white area
Where will it be mandatory to wear a mask in Milan?
The measure, agreed on Wednesday at the table of the provincial committee for public order and safety chaired by the prefect Renato Saccone, was signed by the mayor Beppe Sala on Thursday. The streets affected by the mayor’s decision, Sala are piazza Castello, largo Cairoli, via Dante, piazza Cordusio, via Orefici, via and piazza Mercanti, piazza del Duomo, Galleria and corso Vittorio Emanuele II and piazza San Babila. From Saturday 27 until December 31 it will not be possible to ride without the protection of the mask, despite the white area.
Here the pdf of the ordinance of the Municipality
In fact, in the white area there would be no obligation to cover the nose and mouth outdoors, but in Milan the measure was introduced again to try to block the rise of infections. A necessary prudence to “save” Christmas. In view of upcoming events that could attract even more people downtown – from Christmas markets to Oh Bej! Oh Bej !, without forgetting the Christmas shopping – the authorities have decided to play early and avoid further risks. Decision accompanying the ‘super green pass‘decreed by the national government.
The mayor of Milan also expressed an opinion on potential anti-covid measures, who in fact had not ruled out possible new interventions by mentioning the possibility of to commute – as did last year – the Gallery in a limited number of spaces. The mayor said he was “ready to listen to the experts because some things can be done”.
“For example, we have already done one during the week: I said that there is no New Year’s concert” in the square, he continued, recalling that this year there will not be the traditional end-of-year event in front of the Duomo. “If they ask us to limit the number of people in the Gallery – Sala concluded – I am extremely available and ready”.
Fines for those who do not wear a mask
We now come to the details on the fines: the ‘basic’ penalty for those who are pinched by the authorities without the necessary mask will be 400 euros, if paid within 60 days, or 280 euros if paid within 5 days. Beyond sixty days, the fine can reach 3 thousand euros.
The obligation of the mask in the white area (therefore in the rest of the city)
As for the other areas of the city, the Municipality recalls that the national legislation provides that, in the white area and outdoors, it is mandatory to always have a mask with you and above all it is mandatory to wear it in situations where distance cannot be guaranteed. interpersonal or there are gatherings / crowds, for example in a market or fair.
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