Covid emergency: the new colors of the regions see Sardinia in the white area while the reopening of cinemas and theaters is still uncertain. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health announces that they are 18.916 the new positive cases of Coronavirus registered in Italy in the last 24 hours. Yesterday the positives were 20.499. The victims of today are 280 (yesterday 253). The tests (molecular and antigenic) carried out in the last 24 hours are 323.047 (yesterday 325.404).
The positivity rate is 5,8 percent down from 6,3 percent yesterday. In intensive care they are hospitalized 2.216 positive patients, daily admissions to resuscitation were 163. On the other hand, they are hospitalized in the ordinary wards 18.372 people, 80 more than yesterday. Overall, the positive subjects are currently 411.966, 7.302 more than yesterday.
Sardinia white area
From Monday XNUMXst March the Lombardy, Marche and Piedmont regions will pass into the orange area and the Basilicata and Molise regions in the red area. Sardinia will be a white zone. This is the provisions of the new ordinances signed by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, on the basis of the data and indications of the control room.
The Sardinia region has already read the ordinance signed by Minister Speranza which certifies the white zone for the island. Now the President of the Region Christian Solinas should adopt his own ordinance to program gradual and controlled reopenings. And in any case, constantly agree with the ministry and the technical-scientific committee.
In Campania schools closed and Basilicata red zone
The order of the president of the Campania Region has been published, Vincenzo De Luca, which establishes the closure of schools from 1 March 2021 and until 14 March 2021.
Meanwhile, from next Monday, March 1, when the Basilicata will become the red zone, distance learning will be compulsory in all Lucanian schools. In this regard, in the next few hours, the details of the ordinance will be announced, which will be signed by the President of the Region, Vito Bardi.
Cinemas and theaters: still uncertainties about the reopening
The reopening of cinemas and theaters “It was identified on a symbolic day but we will have to see what happens in these hours. If the contagiousness index remains low, the places of culture will certainly be able to reopen with the necessary restrictions. That is limited places, reservations, name and telephone numbers to be traced, mask, sanitizer.
However, if the contagiousness index tends to increase, they will obviously not reopen ". The president of Anci, Antonio Decaro which adds: It would be against the trend to close schools because there is greater diffusion of a variant and at the same time reopen cinemas and theaters. This would be a discordant note ”.
