New Dpcm, reopening gyms and cinemas: “We need 30% vaccinated” – Chronicle

Milan, February 22, 2021 – Il Draghi government is working on the new Dpcm: the last decree (with the signature of Giuseppe Conte’s executive) will expire on 5 March. And now it will be up to the former ECB helmsman to dictate the line of anti-Covid regulations. Not an easy task: on the one hand the concern for the epidemiological curve and the spread of Covid variants, on the other hand, entire sectors brought to their knees by a year of pandemic. Meanwhile, today the verdict on the s has arrivedposts between regions: the ban was proposed for another thirty days, until March 27. Crucial nodes to be addressed in the new decree will also give those related to gyms and swimming pools, cinemas and theaters. We will go towards one reopening or will the line still be of the utmost rigor?

Per Fabrizio Pregliasco, Health Director of the IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute of Milan: “First we need a vaccination campaign and a few more months, serves 20-30% of vaccinated population – he explained to Radio2 -. Meanwhile, we begin to prepare and try not to give clumsy communication like those on the ski slopes. “There are those who ask the evening opening of the restaurants as early as next week: “No, I don’t think so,” said the expert. With regard to the provisions of the Council of Ministers, for Pregliasco “they represent a continuity” with respect to the measures currently in force, in the face of “a stable situation of coronavirus infections. A calm condition that could, however, precede the storm, because the gaze to the horizon “sees possible clouds related to the presence of variants“di Sars-CoV-2.

Vaccine boom: evidence of normality in Israel

The issue of vaccines is crucial in the fight against Covid. Israel, for example, began easing restrictions due to the pandemic after studies revealed Pfizer vaccine to be 95.8% effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths. Shops, libraries and museums reopen even if social distancing and the use of masks remain mandatory. The ministry of health called it “the first phase of returning to normal”. The last heavy lockdown began in late December. Israel has the highest vaccination rate in the world. About three million people, nearly a third of the population, received the two recommended doses. Now people can enter shopping malls and tourist areas and reopen a number of other facilities including gyms, hotels, swimming pools and cultural centers but only for those with the green pass, the “green passport“, a certificate of vaccination granted by the government. Concerts and sporting events are also authorized with the presence of the public but with precise rules: maximum limit of 300 people indoors and 500 outdoors.