Tight checks at Christmas, the Lamorgese lines to the prefects

"It's time for responsibility".

While the arrival of the Omicron variant raises the alarm in Italy,

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This morning the owner of the Interior Ministry will take stock in a remote meeting with the twenty prefects of the regional capitals, the chief of police and the general commanders of the Carabinieri and Guardia di Finanza. The node, in particular, is to ensure sample checks on buses and subways. The police complain about shortages in the staff, but will aim to optimize their use to the maximum to ensure a manned Christmas. After all, Prime Minister Mario Draghi, in a press conference after the last CDM, was clear: "the police will be fully mobilized. There is a whole anecdotal about the lack of controls, they need to be strengthened".

Article 7 of the decree provides that each prefect, having consulted the Provincial Committee for public order and safety, adopts "a plan for the constant carrying out of checks, even on a sample basis, making use of the police forces and personnel of the of municipal police with the qualification of public security officer, in order to ensure compliance with the obligation to possess certifications ". It is, Lamorgese explained, "a significant commitment for the police, but there is every intention of doing the best. However, so far it is not that we have done nothing. Since January 1, 28 million have been checked. even 3.6 million premises.

Now more will be done with the forces we have ". A further recourse to the military seems therefore excluded. The blanket is short, the police unions denounce. And the minister also remembers" the cuts in staff made at the time of the spending review: if if we were more it would be better ". 

It is therefore a question of employing the available personnel in the most efficient way, resorting to the support of the local police and freeing agents from administrative work as much as possible to dedicate them to control services. The delicate point is that of public transport. It is unthinkable to think of punctual checks on buses and metro (only in Rome a volume of 500 thousand passengers is calculated every day). Sample checks will be organized - with the collaboration of the municipal companies that will be called to contribute in the provincial committee for public order - on bus terminus and metro stops, as well as in the main stations for rail traffic. Also taking into account the need not to block the service,especially in a period like that of the holidays with the increase of people around. Also on the table is the hypothesis of turnstiles for reading passes, but it is not an immediate solution and has costs that companies do not seem willing to take on as well as those related to the increase in the number of controllers. It is also impossible to place an agent in every restaurant, bar or swimming pool: in these cases Lamorgese hopes "the collaboration of the managers who have to examine the pass of customers as well as in the cinemas the ticket of those who enter is checked". Under observation there will then be the nightlife areas and the city areas at risk of gatherings. Monitoring will also be strengthened at border crossings and airports, especially in light of the spread of Omicron.Also on the table is the hypothesis of turnstiles for reading passes, but it is not an immediate solution and has costs that companies do not seem willing to take on as well as those related to the increase in the number of controllers. It is also impossible to place an agent in every restaurant, bar or swimming pool: in these cases Lamorgese hopes "the collaboration of the managers who have to examine the pass of customers as well as in the cinemas the ticket of those who enter is checked". Under observation there will then be the nightlife areas and the city areas at risk of gatherings. Monitoring will also be strengthened at border crossings and airports, especially in light of the spread of Omicron.Also on the table is the hypothesis of turnstiles for reading passes, but it is not an immediate solution and has costs that companies do not seem willing to take on as well as those related to the increase in the number of controllers. It is also impossible to place an agent in every restaurant, bar or swimming pool: in these cases Lamorgese hopes "the collaboration of the managers who have to examine the pass of customers as well as in the cinemas the ticket of those who enter is checked". Under observation there will then be the nightlife areas and the city areas at risk of gatherings. Monitoring will also be strengthened at border crossings and airports, especially in light of the spread of Omicron.but it is not an immediate solution and has costs that companies do not seem willing to take on as well as those related to the increase in the number of controllers. It is also impossible to place an agent in every restaurant, bar or swimming pool: in these cases Lamorgese hopes "the collaboration of the managers who have to examine the pass of customers as well as in the cinemas the ticket of those who enter is checked". Under observation there will then be the nightlife areas and the city areas at risk of gatherings. Monitoring will also be strengthened at border crossings and airports, especially in light of the spread of Omicron.but it is not an immediate solution and has costs that companies do not seem willing to take on as well as those related to the increase in the number of controllers. It is also impossible to place an agent in every restaurant, bar or swimming pool: in these cases Lamorgese hopes "the collaboration of the managers who have to examine the pass of customers as well as in the cinemas the ticket of those who enter is checked". Under observation there will then be the nightlife areas and the city areas at risk of gatherings. Monitoring will also be strengthened at border crossings and airports, especially in light of the spread of Omicron.the collaboration of the managers who have to screen the pass of the customers as well as in the cinemas the ticket of those who enter is checked ". Under observation there will then be the nightlife areas and the city areas at risk of gatherings. An enhancement of monitoring will also be at the crossings at borders and at airports, especially in light of the spread of Omicron.the collaboration of the managers who have to screen the pass of the customers as well as in the cinemas the ticket of those who enter is checked ". Under observation there will then be the nightlife areas and the city areas at risk of gatherings. An enhancement of monitoring will also be at the crossings at borders and at airports, especially in light of the spread of Omicron.

After today's discussion that will give general indications, the provincial committees will meet and will activate the control plans based on the needs of the territory as early as next weekend to be ready on Monday, when the super green pass will come into force. Each week, then, each prefect will make a report on the checks carried out and will send it to the owner of the Interior Ministry.

And from today the Fvg - the only region in yellow in all-white Italy - will be the test bed of the Super Green pass,

that is, the one issued only with the vaccine or with recovery, anticipating its application in the rest of the country by a week. Without this certificate, for the moment only in paper format, you will not be able to go to the stadium, to the cinema, to the theater, or to a restaurant or sit at the table in bars, you will not be able to participate in ceremonies or parties or go to the disco. You will need the Super pass, which is obtained by showing the vaccination or recovery certificate, in complete paper version. Therefore, the unvaccinated are excluded from social life.

However, no limitations, not even transitory, are foreseen for those who have had Covid for less than 6 months or have been vaccinated in the last 12 months. But the obligation for everyone to wear a mask is back, even outdoors. The Fvg suffers from a few too many outbreaks due to the protests of the past few weeks, and also the exchange with countries across the border where - whether it is the Balkans to the east or Austria to the north - Covid is spreading. And then he discounts that 13% of the vaccinable population nailed to the refusal of the anti Covid vaccine, and pays the lowest rate of vaccinated. This is a deep-rooted attitude that occurs in Fvg for any vaccination campaign, not only for this one, and which also includes sympathizers among the health personnel and even for the anti-flu dose. Under 20s hold the record for the range to be vaccinated:27.4% of those aged between 12 and 19 did not get any vaccines; like 80 thousand between 40 and 69 years. And the Super pass does not change the sensitivity: at the announcement of the squeeze, bookings for vaccines have more than doubled, but passing from 800 to two thousand, small numbers.

Just as at the opening of the agendas to the over 40s for the "booster" dose, about 20 thousand people were booked a day, but this growth needs to be consolidated.

Also because the new infections remain very high.

Confcommercio Trieste has issued a vademecum recalling some points of the new provisions: no limitations for children under 12 and for exempt subjects (for medical certification), who are not obliged to have a Green pass, either basic or reinforced;

in public establishments, arcades and dance halls, the Super Pass will be requested for consumption at the table indoors, with the exception of canteens and continuous catering on a contractual basis;

no time limits or people per table.