Italy returns red and orange, rules and prohibitions

After the red zone set up for the long Easter weekend, Italy is once again divided between red and orange.

And pending the next monitoring and possible verification in mid-April, which will evaluate the possibility that the areas where the spread of the virus is more contained may return to yellow, here are the measures foreseen in the next few hours depending on the territories.

RED AREA

- (Lombardy, Tuscany, Emilia Romagna, Calabria, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Piedmont, Puglia, Valle d'Aosta and Campania) - There are nine regions subjected to the strictest containment measures, where it is allowed to move only for reasons of work, health or necessity and it is not allowed to visit relatives or friends.

On the other hand, it is always possible to carry out physical activity, but only in the vicinity of one's home, and outdoor sports activities individually.

Schools are present up to the sixth grade while distance learning is provided for pupils up to eighth grade and high school students.

Barbers, hairdressers, beauty centers, clothing stores, footwear and jewelers are closed.

Food stores, tobacconists, newsagents, pharmacies, parapharmacies, laundries, opticians, perfumeries, herbalists, stationers, underwear and household linen stores, hardware stores remain open.

Children's shops are also open, from toys to clothing.

The activity of the markets that exclusively sell foodstuffs continues.

Shopping centers are closed on weekends.

ORANGE AREA

- (Veneto, Marche, province of Trento, Lazio, Abruzzo, Liguria, Basilicata, Sicily, Molise, Sardinia, Umbria and autonomous province of Bolzano) - Visits, always once a day and always no more than two people, are allowed in the orange area, within the municipality of residence.

Movements outside of one's own municipality are prohibited.

For those territories with less than 5 thousand inhabitants it is allowed to move within 30 km from the border of one's own municipality, with the prohibition, however, from traveling to the provincial capitals.

Schools in attendance up to sixth grade.

Pupils up to eighth grade and high school will also be in the classroom, but at 50%.

All shops are open, including hairdressers, barbers and beauty salons, while shopping centers are closed on weekends.

THROUGHOUT ITALY

- It is forbidden to leave the house from 10pm to 5am. The ban is not valid in case of work, health or necessity.

Bars and restaurants are closed: only take-away is possible, until 6pm, and home delivery, until 10pm and only for restaurants (in case of restoration of the yellow areas, bars and restaurants could reopen for lunch).

The presidents of the region, unlike what has been the case up to now, will not be able to issue more restrictive ordinances to close schools.

If the mid-month verification gives a positive result and therefore the yellow zones will return, the reopening of cinemas and theaters could be considered with the rules that were already provided for in the previous decree.

TRAVEL

- Movement between regions is prohibited, unless you have a second home.

Mobility is only allowed for reasons of work, health and necessity.

It will always be possible to return to one's residence, domicile or home.

SECOND HOUSES

- It will always be possible to reach second homes, even in the red zone, as long as there are no ordinances of the regional presidents that impose more restrictive rules.

STRAIGHT ON TRAVEL

- It is possible to travel to Europe, but at least until the end of the month there are limitations for all those who have stayed or passed through in the fourteen days prior to entering Italy in one or more EU states and territories: among these, as stated in the new list of countries present in the annex, Austria, Israel, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland are also included from 7 April, where it will therefore be possible to travel without specific reasons, as is the case for the other countries of Europe.

Anyone returning to Italy from one of these countries or the EU must in any case undergo a swab (molecular or antigenic) carried out within 48 hours before entering Italy and the result of which is negative, undergo health surveillance and fiduciary isolation to five days and at the end of the isolation carry out another test.