At the hairdresser with the green pass, the obligation takes place today

Move forward towards changing the color system that could make half of the Regions end up in orange in the short term under the pressure of contagions.

The hypothesis - which emerged at a technical table attended by experts from the Ministry of Health and the Regions - is to consider Covid cases only in hospitalized patients who have developed the disease, without including asymptomatic patients in hospital for other pathologies.

Braking, however, on the request to reduce quarantines to 5 days for symptomatic patients.

Meanwhile, the obligation of green pass for hairdressers, barbers and beauticians is taking effect today

, while the Government is filing the decree that contains the list of primary activities that can be accessed without certification: in addition to food, pharmacies, opticians, shops to buy wood or pellets for heating, post offices also pop up, but only to collect the pension.

    The governors have been asking for this for days. "The color system doesn't seem to make much sense anymore", explains the president of Tuscany Eugenio Giani. "I think - echoes the president of Emilia Romagna, Stefano Bonaccini - that it should be eliminated: currently, for example, in the yellow zone everything is the same as white". "The colors are of little use and the system must be abolished, on this we governors are almost all in agreement", said Donato Toma, president of Molise.

    Yesterday there was a first meeting of the working table dedicated to the topic which was attended, among others, by the general director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Giovanni Rezza and the president of the Higher Health Council and coordinator of the Cts, Franco Locatelli. , together with representatives of the Regions. In the coming days there will be other comparisons to try to arrive at a shared position. "There is - observes the Undersecretary for Health, Andrea Costa - an audience of 90% of vaccinated people. Faced with this, the generalized color system no longer makes sense. The only criterion that must remain is that of the red zone".

    If the technical table has opened to a new calculation of the hospitalized, excluding the asymptomatic, the hypothesis of cutting the quarantine for symptomatic positives to 5 days has not passed. According to experts, according to what is learned, there is, to date, sufficient scientific evidence to support the shortening of the isolation. A favorable opinion, then, for a remodeling of contact tracing with the aim of focusing it on the symptomatic given the high numbers of infections.

    Immediately, from tomorrow until March 31st, no haircut, hairstyle and manicure without a green pass. In fact, the obligation - foreseen by the decree law of last January 7th - is to be in possession of the green certification to access what are defined as "personal services"; hairdressers, barbers, beauticians. The measure also applies to interviews with prison inmates.

    From February 1st, public offices, postal, banking and financial services, commercial activities will be involved. "without prejudice to those necessary to ensure the satisfaction of essential and primary needs of the person. Expected shortly - probably tomorrow - the decree that identifies these latter activities: among the novelties there would also be pass free entry to the post office for the withdrawal of pension, while for other postal services certification (basic or reinforced) will remain. In general, access will be free in grocery stores, pharmacies, opticians and for the purchase of wood or pellets for heating. The same applies to outdoor activities such as petrol stations, markets, newsstands, while the pass will be used to buy cigarettes from the tobacconist.

    Therefore, the freedom of action of no passes is further restricted.

In this case, the simple green pass is also valid, the one obtainable with a negative pad.

The checks that access to these activities takes place in compliance with the requirements are the responsibility of the "relative owners, managers or managers".

Sanctions from 400 to one thousand euros for offenders.