The Italian authorities announced the entry into force of the decision to stop obligating the wearing of protective masks in outdoor places, noting that the entire country was considered a white zone in terms of the spread of the Corona virus.
And according to the Italian news agency “Aki”, the authorities concerned with the state of health emergency confirmed that “a day after 782 injuries were recorded and the percentage of positive cases reached 0.56%, Italy, which is committed to combating the Corona virus, and it pays special attention to the delta variable, is taking another step towards A return to normal life, while not ruling out any possibility of establishing local red zones to stop emergencies that may arise.”
The authorities stated that “starting today anyway, a new phase begins: Valle Daosta (North) declares the only area, which was still a yellow area until yesterday, a white area… There is no curfew and application of looser rules, no Especially with regard to restaurants: there are no restrictions on the number of people sitting at the outside tables, with a maximum of 6 people if they are not from one family in the indoor halls.
The president of the Higher Institute of Health (ISS) Silvio Prosaferro explained that “the real novelty is to stop the obligation to wear protective masks in the open air.” In response to a question by the newspaper “La Repubblica” about the hypothesis of re-imposing this commitment, he replied that “monitoring the situation allows us to understand how it develops and how to intervene, if there is any new, even if it is through the re-application of preventive measures.”