In no particular order, but they move.
The mayors of large cities or small towns do not stand still and watch the upward trend in infections
while waiting for the government to decide in December whether more severe measures are needed.
Saving Christmas - the most intense moment of social and family life with great repercussions on the economy, including gifts, dinners and important purchases with the thirteenth - means avoiding the 'fourth wave' and the return to the red areas at all costs.
Without forgetting that there are already those who had to run for cover and declare the orange zone, such as the Catania municipality of Nicolosi in mini-lockdown until November 24th.
Christmas parties in 'white': this is the imperative of the first citizens. In the race to the goal, the local administrators were strengthened by the directive of the Minister of the Interior Luciana Lamorgese who said stop the no vax and no pass processions in the center, which upset the activities of the shops and traffic, forcing routes from yesterday alternatives agreed with the Police Headquarters.
Here then we think of 'bellows' interventions on historic squares and nightlife spots
- as happened in Rome in Trastevere and Monti - and shopping, with people counters and barriers that limit gatherings. The mayor of Naples Gaetano Manfredi is also in the field to safeguard - with more limited access to the most popular areas - the fragility of his city from the risk of a surge in hospitalizations and infections.
Already the Christmas markets, in Trentino and Verona, are taking place under the banner of caution.
In Aprilia, the scene of an outbreak in southern Lazio, it is considered to return to the use of masks even outdoors and the activity of family doctors opposed to the vaccine is investigated.
The Rimini Medical Association is also going to the 'redde rationem' with no vax health workers reported by the patients themselves.
In Bergamo, the epicenter of the first dramatic wave, vaccination hubs have reopened to accelerate third doses, J&J boosters, and vaccinations for children who will soon have the EMA green light.
Green Pass with a different colored bracelet every day and small stalls: in Trento, Bolzano, and Rovereto - where the tradition of the Christmas Markets is strong - each visitor, after showing the health certification, receives at the check point a ribbon to tie to the wrist, a kind of pass.
"Based on the evolution of the contagion curve - said the mayor of Bolzano, Renzo Caramaschi - possible restrictions will be adopted if the cases increase".
In
short, elastic measures to prevent the virus from spinning freely
and to tighten the shirts.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Bolzano has reduced the stands by 30% and to avoid the crowd has banned food and drink kiosks, such as the classic mulled wine, outside Piazza Walther, the city's good parlor.
Obligatory mask instead in Verona for the market squares. The mayor Federico Sboarina signed the ordinance which provides for its use for everyone, citizens and tourists. Therefore, no-masks do not enter Piazza dei Signori, the Court Courtyard, the Old Market Courtyard, the Pietra Bridge and the Castelvecchio Bridge. A provision that strengthens anti-crowding measures and already takes into account the increase in infections that emerged from health monitoring.
Still no decision but targeted observation of the Aprilia outbreak, in the province of Latina. The next step could be the requirement of outdoor masks. There is currently a 'pre-alert' state and today there were 33 more cases. The Local Health Authority is in close contact with the Municipality and the Prefect. A check is underway on the vaccination coverage of the patients of three family doctors in the area who refused to be vaccinated, to see if there are any anomalous data. In Trieste, since yesterday, three sensitive areas for the life of citizens - such as the port and the historic center - have been banned from demonstrations, after all the inconvenience caused in recent days by the no pass protests.
Until the end of the month, an ordinance of the mayor Roberto Di Piazza is in force which imposes a mask and distancing to those who manifest, who is also required to guarantee, through stewards, the duty control service.
Gorizia also moved along the same lines.