Football and covid, “25% audience with Green pass criteria”

Stadiums open with the public from 25% upwards in presence in the stands and entry criteria based on the Green Pass model. This is what the Undersecretary of Health Andrea Costa said to the microphones of ‘I Lunatici’ on Rai Radio 2. “I believe that we can safely think that the next football season will begin with the public in attendance. From 25% upwards. With criteria such as green pass “, he explained, adding:” In the opening match of the Europeans we will guarantee the entry of 18,000 spectators “. As for discos, “it is an issue that deserves an answer, it represents an important sector, which creates employment. We are working on it, we need to identify protocols that guarantee safety. And when we talk about discos, we cannot make the mistake of last year. think about distances and the like. I trust – he concluded – that an answer to this sector will arrive shortly “.” At least until we have put all citizens in a position to get vaccinated, we must arrange for the tampon to be free. Otherwise there would be no fairness ” , continues Costa, who explains: “I also talked about my proposal linked to the free tampon with Minister Speranza and I found availability. It is an injustice – underlines Costa – to have to charge the tampon to those who have not yet had the opportunity to get vaccinated. . It is a question of establishing a criterion of social equity. It is an element that must be foreseen at least until we have enabled all citizens to be able to you vaccinate. Then it is clear – he clarifies – that if one refuses the vaccine, one has to pay for the swab “. An indispensable tool for obtaining the Green Pass:” Who has had the covid, who has had the vaccine, and who is swab and is negative – Costa remembers – can have the green pass “which” allows us to monitor, control, access to events. It can be an instrument of guarantee for everyone “. And again:” Liberalizing vaccines from mid-June I think it is a credible prospect, while the month of August will be the one in which we could start thinking about removing the masks outdoors “. vaccination campaign “there has been a change of pace. When we came to the government – Costa recalls – we were at 60,000 doses a day. We are now at 500,000. And I am convinced that this number will continue to grow. The month of June will be decisive, 20 million doses will arrive, we can even reach 700,000 doses per day. The primary objective was to secure the elderly and the frail, now the goal is almost achieved. “Comparisons with last year?” The experience of last summer – warns the undersecretary – teaches us that we need to be cautious and gradual. The big difference is that we have the vaccine, over 32 million inoculated doses, over 11 million Italians who have completed the vaccination cycle. The conviction – he concludes – is that we must take steps forward, we can no longer go back “.” In today’s world, travel is very easy, woe betide if we thought that once we had defended our fort we have solved the problem. We must also help those countries that today cannot afford vaccination “, explains the undersecretary.” To date, studies tell us – underlines Costa – that vaccines also react to variants, even if at the moment it is impossible to predict further unknown variants. . We must be clear – he reiterates – we must secure our country, the European Union, but also the whole planet “.