Italy will remain in lockdown at least until May 3 . After days of reflection, the government chooses the utmost caution and is preparing to renew with a new provision all containment measures and movement restrictions for another 20 days, granting only 'targeted' openings for some productive activity. Not only that: with a circular the Viminale strengthens the controls for Easter, asking the police forces to pay particular attention to prevent the Italians from pouring into second homes.
Confindustria's appeals to restart the economy so that the current recession "does not become depression" for the country, the 'push' of part of the same majority - with Italia Viva to lead - and the positive trend of the data does not were therefore sufficient to convince the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to reopen the country. At the moment we are not in a position to reopen production activities because we would risk tracing the contagion curve and frustrate the results obtained, he explained during the videoconference with Regions, Anci and Upi stressing that opening at the end of April would have been an incentive the movement of citizens given the two bridges arriving, April 25 and May 1.
Two weekends, such as Easter, which for days now both the technical-scientific committee and the Interior Ministry had indicated as an "exodus" risk if openings were granted. And in fact the circular of the Interior Ministry to intensify the checks on the Easter holidays will also be replicated for the two bridges. "It is quite clear - writes the head of cabinet of the minister Matteo Piantedosi - that, in the current context ... it will not be possible for the population to make the usual transfers to places with a tourist appeal" and therefore it is necessary "to dedicate the maximum attention in the preparation of targeted plans to strengthen supervision and control "both within the municipalities and between different locations," including the ban on going to second homes used for holidays ".
