Yellow zone, Costa: “No closures thanks to Green pass”

“The data indicate that, probably, there could also be a passage in the yellow zone of some regions, one above all in Sicily”. This was highlighted by Undersecretary of Health Andrea Costa, guest of ‘Timeline’ on Sky Tg24. “But also from this point of view – underlined the undersecretary – we must reflect: to date, as expected, and with the modification of the parameters we made about a month ago, passing in the yellow zone basically means reintroducing the masks to the open and the limit of four seats in the usual table as regards the premises indoors “. “Everything else – highlighted Costa – remains unchanged: absolutely no lockdown or curfew. Even with the yellow zone, all activities are basically allowed: the transition to yellow does not preclude the gradual return to normality”. “I believe – he added – that it was the introduction of the Green pass as a guarantee element that allowed us, even if a region passes into the yellow zone, not to operate with closures or backtracks: I say today thanks to the introduction of the Green Certificate “. Regarding discos,” as far as I am concerned, consistency represents a value. I realize that we are in the presence of a government with different sensitivities, and at times it was not easy to find a synthesis, but as regards the opening of discos I think we made a mistake. Once it was established that the Green Pass was a tool to guarantee safety and traceability, it would have been appropriate to gradually reopen them “, said the Undersecretary of Health. “Even today, weeks later – he underlined – I think a gradual reopening would have been more appropriate, because we only think about how many swabs we could have done to the many guys who wanted to go to the disco and how many positives we could find, discover and isolate: it could also come out a sort of screening in some realities of our country. I acknowledge that my position, shared with my colleague Sileri – concluded Costa – within the government has not found the right support to be shared and carried forward “.