Antonio Conte from Taranto on the new Dpcm of 12 October: «We will try to dismiss him already for this evening. I am returning to Rome, there is a meeting with the regions, so we would like to try to launch anti Covid measures – he comments – And I would exclude a new lockdown, we say it with good reason because we have worked precisely to prevent it. If this curve were to continue to rise, I foresee some limited lockdown but we are no longer in the situation of closures throughout the territory or in large areas .

But what should be confirmed by this evening or tomorrow morning at the latest? The new Dpcm of 12 October touches on important issues such as new possible territorial lockdowns, the hypothesis of a shorter quarantine, the intensification of smart working, new closures for bars and restaurants and new limits to contact sports activities.

New Dpcm: can we go to the restaurant?

In the new Dpcm of October 12, the main change proposed concerns the times in which we will be able to use the services of bars and restaurants. From 9pm, the ban on gathering outside bars and restaurants could be enforced, even for standing outdoor drinks. Among the proposals of the decree, also the closure by midnight.

Should we expect a new lockdown?

According to the first rumors, a closure on national territory such as that of March is to be excluded. As anticipated by Minister Speranza interviewed by Fabio Fazio at Che Tempo Che Fa, the goal is to resort to territorial lockdowns to contain infections in the most affected areas.

How the quarantine will change

The new Dpcm of 12 October also contains indications about the new quarantine methods. 10 days of quarantine for asymptomatic positives (which can only be interrupted after a molecular swab). Symptomatic positives, on the other hand, will be subjected to 10 days of isolation + 3 days without symptoms before being able to swab: for direct contacts instead, 10 days of quarantine to be able to then undergo a quick test by the general practitioner.

The new Dpcm on sport

The new decree also contains important new regulations concerning sporting practices. It will in fact be mandatory to wear masks even outdoors during sports activities other than running. On the other hand, contact sports practiced at an amateur level are prohibited (stop at cheese matches, basketball with friends).

Indiscretions about Lombardy

The Corrirere della Sera published a confidential email from the director of the Department of Health Marco Trivelli who would have proposed measures to "make some limitations more restrictive in the cities most affected by the increase in the contagion curve, such as Milan". Measures made possible by the new Dpcm which would allow local authorities to restrict security measures where and as deemed necessary. Among the hypotheses leaked, the anticipation of the closures of the bars at 18 and "the reduction of the load on public transport through the use of distance learning in secondary schools and smart working in every applicable context".

Meanwhile, Fontana declares: "Today we will have a meeting with the government and what is certain is that I will ask that not even talk about another lockdown because our country, our economy could not bear it. We will have to try to live with this virus to ask citizens to comply with those behaviors that have been prescribed, which are sufficient to contain the spread .