Italy considers keeping green pass until March as Covid numbers rise

Italian authorities https://www.capitalcichlids.org/forums/members/latherwoon01.32190/#about are considering extending the 'green pass' rules https://bukkit.org/members/latherwoon01.91387918/ and other anti-Covid measures in a bid to halt rising cases and prevent a new wave of infection.

With a significant increase in https://forum.gekko.wizb.it/user-9523.html positive Covid cases week-on-week, doubling within the last three weeks alone, Italy’s health ministry may extend the use of the Covid-19 health pass system until https://tinhte.vn/members/lather-woon.2871975/ March, news agency Ansa reports.

Deputy health minister Pierpaolo Sileri predicted https://forum.zenstudios.com/member/3564947-latherwoon01/about that people in Italy would be “free” this Christmas, in contrast to the ‘red zone’ holiday lockdowns in force last year.  https://forum.joaoapps.com/index.php?members/lather-woon.121561/However, he stressed that for now there’s no talk of relaxing or abolishing the green pass rules.

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The ‘certificazione verde‘ or green https://developers.oxwall.com/user/latherwoon01 pass as it’s called in Italy shows that the holder has been vaccinated, has recently recovered from Covid or has tested negative for the virus within the previous https://forum.proxmox.com/members/latherwoon01.134108/#about 48 or 72 hours, depending on the type of test taken.

Following its introduction in https://historum.com/members/latherwoon01.68630/#about June, Italy made the Covid health pass a requirement for all employees as well as customers at all public or private sector workplaces from the middle of last https://electricbikereview.com/forums/members/latherwoon01.48290/#about month.

In order to extend these rules. Italy’s https://www.cossacks3.com/forum/index.php?members/lather-woon.28103/ government would also need https://www.alldeaf.com/members/latherwoon01.105745/#about to prolong the state of emergency – which allows coronavirus containment measures to  be introduced rapidly by government decree.Italy’s state https://shoforum.com/index.php?members/latherwoon01.37299/#about of emergency was first declared in January 2020 and has been repeatedly extended since.

The current expiry date is December http://mossbergowners.com/forum/index.php?members/latherwoon01.23571/ 31st, 2021, meaning all rules – including those on the green pass – would also expire on that date. So far, no https://desu.me/members/lather-woon.46230/ possible extension date has been suggested.

“The weekly incidence at national level https://www.craftau.com.au/members/latherwoon01.22892/ is increasing rapidly and across the board compared to the previous week, just below the threshold of 50 weekly cases per 100,000 inhabitants,” https://postflaviana.org/community/index.php?members/latherwoon01.4211/#about stated Italy’s Health Ministry in its latest Covid weekly monitoring report.

“The estimated transmissibility https://freewebsitetemplates.com/members/Lather%20Woon/ on symptomatic cases is increasing      https://singaporebrides.com/weddingforum/members/latherwoon01.190412/#about and around the epidemic threshold,” the report stated.

For cases that result in hospitalisation, http://forum.gcreate.com/index.php?members/latherwoon01.6140/#about transmissibility is said to be increasing and above the epidemic threshold.

The occupancy rates of beds in https://forum.thegradcafe.com/profile/335045-latherwoon01/?tab=field_core_pfield_13 medical and intensive care areas associated with the virus are also no longer decreasing, but are stable, confirmed https://xenforo.com/community/threads/hydrossential-serum-reviews.199833/ the authorities.

Almost all regions across Italy are now http://forums.unigame.me/member/1079610-ug914590/about classfied as “moderate epidemic risk”, stated health officials.

“This trend needs to be monitored https://currentlynewsreport.blogspot.com/2021/11/weather-italy-issues-storm-and-snow.html very carefully and, if confirmed, could be a prelude to an epidemic resurgence,” the report warned.

The figures are similar to https://toucharcade.com/community/members/lather-woon.512381/ those of September and October last year, when Italy first introduced the its four-tiered system of restrictions and forms of lockdown, with rules depending https://www.razorbackreef.com/index.php?members/lather-woon.1830/ on the classification each region falls under.

While this system is still in place, all https://latherwoon.blog2learn.com/52421252/hydrossential-serum-reviews regions are currently in either the lowest-risk ‘white’ or low-risk ‘yellow’ zones. Moving to ‘orange’ or ‘red’ would entail new  restriction locally.

However, the increase in cases, which https://fabulouspanda.com/forum/discussion/3325/hydrossential-serum-reviews/p1 began in October throughout Europe, is mitigated in Italy by the vaccination rate “which is why our epidemiological situation is among the best,” according to Sestili.

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Data for vaccinations show that http://newdigital-world.com/members/latherwoon01.html Italy is ahead of the European average, including https://www.trainsim.com/vbts/member.php?477686-latherwoon01 countries like France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

To continue the vaccination http://mehfeel.net/mehfeel/forum/topic/42360 campaign, which now has a new target of covering 90 percent of the eligible population, a possible extension to the green pass is hoped to encourage those who are still unvaccinated to get a shot by making it obligatory to access almost all areas of public life.

Currently, Italy has vaccinated http://www.galaxyforums.net/forum/members/55496.html almost 83 percent of the eligible population over 12 years old, according to the latest government data.

This means some 8 million people in Italy who https://jnhost.co.id/forum/members/latherwoon01.17105/#about are able to get vaccinated still haven’t elected to.

Meanwhile, Italy is set to offer everyone a third dose of an anti-Covid vaccine from January, health officials said.

Italy is already administering booster shots to patients with fragile immune systems and serious medical conditions, people aged over 60 and health workers.