The head of the Italian government Giuseppe Conte is to unveil the details of a national night curfew and travel restrictions to regions now classified according to their health risk on the evening of Monday, November 2.
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Let us remain united in this dramatic moment
", called on Monday at midday Giuseppe Conte, speaking in front of the Chamber of Deputies, consulted Monday as the Italian regions before the finalization of a new decree of measures to fight against the spread of the virus.
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The priority is the defense of health
", he commented while declaring himself fully aware of "
the anger of the citizens
", in reference to violent demonstrations in recent days in some cities of the country.
The time is not in Italy for a second general confinement, but the government now wants to impose at the national level "
limits on the movement of people in the later part of the evening
", said Conte.
And Italy will distinguish "
three risk zones
" endowed with graduated restrictive measures.
The placement of a region in one of these three categories will be decided by the Ministry of Health, taking into account the virus transmission index, the presence of contagion foci and the bed occupancy rate. hospitals.
Travel to at-risk regions will be limited except for health, work or study reasons.
30,000 new cases in 24 hours on Sunday
Italy also plans to introduce several other measures at the national level: more distance learning, a maximum capacity reduced to 50% in public transport, the closure of shopping centers on weekends, the closure of museums and exhibitions , as well as the ban on video games in bars and tobacco shops.
For a week now, Italy has already closed cinemas, theaters, sports halls and swimming pools.
Restaurants and bars cannot receive customers after 6 p.m.
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Yesterday 1939 people were in intensive care
", that is to say "
a little more than half of the activated beds
" in Italy, pointed out the head of government in front of the deputies.
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The situation is serious throughout the national territory
".
Italy recorded nearly 30,000 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday in twenty-four hours, while 180,000 screening tests were carried out by Italians.