Tens of thousands of street checks as well as checkpoints and patrols with the aim of enforcing bans and ordinances on Easter and Easter Monday, in a sort of deja-vu last year.
With the national red zone established by the new anti-Covid decree until Monday, Italy has returned to live everywhere a holiday weekend as in a lockdown.
ROME
- Controls tightened for Easter by the Local Police of Rome Capital, with over 5 thousand checks carried out in just over 24 hours.
Maximum alert also for the next few hours.
The checkpoints are located especially on the main roads and consular exits from the capital and a dedicated task force is in place to monitor the Roman coast and the parks, evening checks in the typical nightlife places and checks at public premises and commercial activities, with particular emphasis on attention to the illegal sale of alcohol: an enhanced surveillance activity by the patrols of the Local Police of Rome Capital which, as early as Friday afternoon, were engaged on several fronts, with over 5 thousand checks carried out in just over 24 hours.
More than 80 violations recorded.
The checks will go on for the whole day today and tomorrow, always in order to protect the health of the community.
Particular attention has been paid to the seafront of Ostia, to the parks and historic villas of the capital where, in addition to the patrols of the garrison, agents by bike are operative, especially in the places usually more frequented, in order to counteract the formation of possible gatherings.
The most reported offenses concerned the illegal sale of alcohol beyond the allowed time, the administration of drinks inside the premises, the failure to use protective devices and travel without valid reason.
With regard to two activities, the 5-day closure measure was carried out.
During the checks, two people were reported for resistance and insult to a public official.
MILAN - Semi-deserted Piazza Duomo, streets in the center also, streets without traffic and a few more people in the parks: this is how Milan appears on the day of the second Easter in the red zone, despite the sun.
Only in the main green areas of the city have Milanese been seen walking while for the rest there are very few people who meet around, as well as the cars that go around the city.
There are also very few initiatives to celebrate Easter, including the mass celebrated in the Cathedral by Monsignor Mario Delpini, archbishop of the city: "I wish you a happy Easter with the blessing of the Lord: may it be a principle of novelty, comfort and encouragement for you. everyone, for whom you will meet, for your loved ones and those who live in your loved ones, even if these days you cannot reach them as you would like ", said the archbishop, concluding the homily for the Easter Pontifical, Monsignor Delpini then brought his greeting at the Easter lunch at the Opera Cardinal Ferrari, an association that welcomes homeless people and people in financial difficulty.
Also present was the regional councilor Stefano Bolognini.
NAPLES
- A half-empty city is experiencing Easter in the red zone with substantial compliance with the anticovid rules.
Three of the four vaccination centers operating in the city are operational, where hundreds of people are summoned today and tomorrow for the administrations.
A bit of movement in the streets this morning, especially near the churches for religious celebrations, but starting from lunchtime the city was further emptied.
Controls have been intensified, especially in areas at potential risk of crowding such as the seafront, with the help of barriers also to prevent access to the beaches.
Today and tomorrow the underground line 1 and the Circumvesuviana railway lines remain stationary;
The urban services of Anm, the Neapolitan mobility company, are also suspended starting at 1.30 pm.
Reduced trips to the islands, with checks at boarding: Ischia, Procida and Capri are now populated only by residents.
As last year, access to the sanctuary of Madonna dell'Arco, in the municipality of Sant'Anastasia (Naples), which traditionally is the destination on Easter Monday of the pilgrimage of thousands of faithful, the so-called `` battenti '', is prohibited , coming from all over Campania.
RIMINI
- Few people on the beach and on the seafront in Rimini compared to an Easter and a sunny spring Sunday pre-Covid.
Although many people have chosen to stretch their legs after the festive lunch, the wide spaces of the Romagna city, from the parks to the shoreline, have made it possible to dilute the strollers and therefore no critical gatherings have so far been recorded.
The police patrol the most popular places, as arranged by the prefecture, but with clemency.
And therefore those who are stationed on the benches along the quay of the port can enjoy a bit of a premature tan and with the mask lowered they are not targeted by the uniforms that also pass by.
Many have not made it their obligation to do physical activity only in the vicinity of the house and therefore take the car to reach green areas or the sea.
However, the amount of people on the street has nothing to do with the movement of people who would already see the first tourists on the Riviera at this time of year.
LIGURIA
- Throughout Liguria, police checks were carried out today to verify compliance with the anti-covid red zone and avoid gatherings.
Police, carabinieri, traffic police and financial police kept an eye in particular on the many beaches of the two rivieras which were generally deserted.
Among other things, an extensive control operation took place on the coast of Sanremo to verify the regularity of the people who were on the beach, in light of the recent establishment of a red zone in the province of Imperia.
The military went both along the Empress and to the King Bridges, the two areas usually beaten by tourists, who took advantage of this hot, but windy, day to get the first tan.
For those who were on the beach, identification was taken and now checks are underway to establish to verify the regularity of their presence.
It emerged that about fifty percent of the people checked came from outside the region.
Going to the beach is not necessarily a violation, but it is necessary that the person live, or have a second home, within a few hundred meters.
Any violators will be reached by a report of 400 euros, reduced to 280 euros if paid within five days of the dispute.
