yes to restaurants indoors with a dose, in the gym and disco will serve the recall

With 38 million “green pass“Already downloaded even for the presidents of the Region it is difficult to get in the way. The pass requirement will begin to be introduced from Monday, for all indoor activities. So, barring last-minute second thoughts, even for those wishing to access indoor bars and restaurants. It will not be necessary when having coffee at the counter or consuming at the outdoor table, but the arrangement paves the way for a progressive use of the pass which could also be expanded in the coming weeks.

The meeting of the control room will be held in the late morning and in the afternoon the council of ministers will have to issue the new decree which will contain, in addition to the criteria for using the pass, also the new parameters for the four zones. “It is important that a decision is made to give weight to hospitalizations and no longer to infections”, explains Undersecretary of Health Andrea Costa who has been fighting for a review of the criteria for some time. Through the decree, the Rt index is sent to the attic and parameters are introduced that take into account hospital admissions in intensive care and in other departments. However, there is still no full agreement between the Regions and the government on this point. The latter, through Minister Roberto Speranza, proposed that in order to trigger the yellow zone it is necessary to exceed 5% of hospitalizations in resuscitation and 10% in ordinary wards. The Regions, through the president of the Conference Massimiliano Fedriga, are pushing to raise the percentages to 20 and 30%. It is likely that mediation will eventually be found on a threshold that provides for 10% occupancy of resuscitations and 15% for ordinary wards. A parameter relating to the buffers will also be introduced that each region will have to carry out in order to trace any variations.

Green pass, when it will be downloadable

The differences of views in the majority, however, are above all on the pass. The green certification has so far been issued even only after the first dose. In many regions this is no longer the case and from tomorrow the pass will be downloadable only after the vaccination is completed, which now takes place with a very short time interval (21 days) compared to a few weeks ago.
However, those who already have the pass, despite having made only one dose, will be able to show it to go to the indoor restaurant or disco. The “Qr-code” could be very important if the yellow zone were to be triggered, which would lead to further restrictions on the circulation of unvaccinated people. The differentiated use of the pass according to the color and the expansion from September of some activities that can continue to be done only if in possession of the pass, will most likely be illustrated today at the end of the council of ministers and represents the strongest deterrent to push vaccination for those who may be forced to choose between going into lockdown again or getting vaccinated.

Today it will be up to Mario Draghi to complete the synthesis initiated by Undersecretary Garofoli and overcome the persistent divisions within the executive. The leader of the Lega Salvini, despite his regional presidents are very favorable to the introduction of restrictions for the unvaccinated, continues to be opposed to the pass unlike FI. “The green pass it serves to incentivize vaccinations and avoid possible new closures “, says Minister for Regional Affairs Maria Stella Gelmini, who stresses that the Delta variant” is very contagious “. However, the government intends to intervene immediately to avoid being faced with the nightmare of new closures. The numbers of infections are clearly growing. In just one week it has gone from 1,534 to 4,259 even if the national average of intensive care occupation is 2% with regional percentages that see Calabria, Tuscany, Sicily and Liguria (3%) in the lead, followed by Campania, Emilia Romagna and Puglia (2%).

As early as next week to sit indoors in bars and restaurants you may need to have a pass, which in the future will only be obtained with the second dose, or a negative swab. No obligation to have coffee at the counter but two doses to enter the gym, disco or to take trains, planes and long-distance ships. With the postponement to a new decree of the methods of entry to schools and stadiums, the criteria for access to local public transport will also be discussed later. As will be discussed later on “the need for the third dose for the most fragile categories”, as undersecretary Sileri recalls.