Green Pass, green light expected for today. Italy towards an almost total white area

Approval of the Dpcm on the Green Pass, which will regulate travel, is probably awaited today. And while the decline in cases, hospitalizations and intensive care continues, Italy is preparing to become almost totally white zone. This was announced by the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, explaining that from Friday 99% of the country will pass into the range that provides for minimum rules and restrictions. The last remaining regions in the yellow area are Sicily, Marche, Tuscany, Calabria, Basilicata, Campania, the autonomous province of Bolzano and Valle d’Aosta. With the exception of the latter, all the others should move to the white zone from next week. Read also HOPE “From Friday we will have 99% of the country in the white zone, we are in a different phase” of the Covid-19 epidemic, underlined Health Minister Roberto Speranza, in his speech at the national meeting of the Council of the Order of psychologists at the Ministry of Health. “Today we must necessarily hold together two fundamental directions, the challenge of the pandemic with a picture that has improved. We have exceeded 43 million vaccine administration, 1 Italian out of 2 has had a first dose – recalled Speranza – we are in a position to plan a different management phase of the circulation of the virus. In the last week we have had 11 thousand new infections, the number we previously recorded in half a day. Deaths have also dropped significantly and are under one hundred. There is – he concluded – a process of restarting and reopening, but we must keep an approach of caution and gradualness “. DRAGHI ACCELERATES ON GREEN PASS The go-ahead from Prime Minister Mario Draghi to the new Dpcm on the green pass should arrive in the next few hours. In Europe, the green light for the certificate to allow travel in the Covid era is scheduled for next July 1st, but the government is oriented to accelerate, which should take place at the latest today. digital and paper format and consists of a QR Code that certifies one of the following conditions: being vaccinated against Covid (with one or two doses); be cured of the virus; have tested negative for an antigenic or molecular swab taken within the previous 48 hours. In this way it will be possible to travel to the countries of the European Union without having to undergo quarantine and tampons upon arrival. WHITE ZONE, RULES AND MEASURES abolished immediately. In this area the bars, restaurants and other catering activities are open and it is possible to consume food and drinks inside them, without time limits. The sale with take-away of food and drinks and home delivery are also allowed without restrictions, which must in any case take place in compliance with the regulations on packaging and delivery of products. The new rules provide that in the white outdoor area there are no limits of people at the tables (between which there must still be a distance of one meter), while in bars and restaurants indoors a maximum of six people can sit at the same table except that they are all living together. On the other hand, there remains the prohibition of gathering and the obligation to wear a mask, both outdoors and indoors.