Yellow zone for all of Italy except Valle d’Aosta, new color map from Monday 17 May

All of Italy in the yellow zone from May 17 with the exception of the Aosta Valley which remains orange. So new color map of the Regions from Monday. A new ordinance to contain the spread of the coronavirus, signed by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, on the basis of the data and indications of the control room of May 14, 2021, brings the Regions of Sicily and Sardinia to the yellow zone. Therefore, the breakdown of the Regions and Autonomous Provinces in the different areas based on the risk levels starting from May 17 sees the Valle d’Aosta in the orange zone and the rest of Italy in the yellow zone, no Region in the red or white zone .RTIeri has been certified the slight decline in the Rt index in Italy, which fell to 0.86 while last week it was at 0.89, and the decline in the weekly incidence also continues. “The epidemiological situation is improving, the RT is constantly below 1 and the incidence is decreasing, we are around 100 per 100 thousand and we would like to go below 50 soon, this is a goal. Much of these results are due to the measures taken. in the previous weeks, which allowed to reopen many activities gradually “said Gianni Rezza, Director General of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, during the press conference on the analysis of the data of the COVID-19 regional monitoring of the control room. curfew, which regardless of the color of the area still triggers at 22 and on which the spotlight of the political world remains on, Silvio Brusaferro, president of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss), highlighted that “we are in a transition phase where we are growing up with the vaccinated and the data comfort us on the control of the virus. fire. The idea is to overcome it but progressively. “When will the curfew time be shifted?” The ‘when’ will be decided by the control room is imminent, however, it is clear that it will not happen tomorrow but it is in the nature of things . There will probably be a shift by the end of the month, I can’t give a date but the numbers are better “, Undersecretary of Health Pierpaolo Sileri told Rai Radio1, guest of ‘Un Giorno da Pecora’ yesterday. Is it more the possibility that we can go back red? “I find it hard to think about taking a step backwards by going back to red, unless a variant that evades vaccines arrives. But at the moment this has not happened in the UK, the US or Israel and I don’t see why it should happen here. “And when could we see the first white areas in Italy?” In my opinion they are within reach for some areas at the end of the month or in June. white does not mean everyone is free, let’s forget the masks and so on. There must always be the utmost caution “.