After Spain, it is the turn of Italy to impose new restrictions on its citizens. From this Monday, August 17, discotheques and nightclubs in the open air are no longer allowed to open. In addition, the government imposes the wearing of masks mandatory at night in public places. It will be necessary to wear the mask precisely between 18: 00 (16: 00 GMT) and 06: 00 in public places where occurs the ” training groups “.
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While the threat of a resumption of the epidemic becomes clearer in several countries in Europe, Italy still relatively untouched tent, in his own way, to stem the resurgence of the summer at the end of the ” Ferragosto “, the sacrosanct weekend of August 15. The government is concerned that the nightlife, in full swing during the ” Ferragosto “, does not contribute to the explosion of the contamination. An arm of iron against the government, and the regions around the thorny issue of the discos, normally crowded at this time.
Calabria farm all the places to dance
In front, the regions were divided. Calabria has ordered the closure of all places of dance. Sardinia, in contrast, has kept everything open. Between the two, the Veneto and the Emilia-Romagna region have reinforced the inspections. The Tuscany on she asked for the same rules for all. The discos closed place have never been allowed to reopen, much to the chagrin of an industry that employs 50 000 people 3 000 nightclubs, according to the union of the managers of the night clubs (Silb). Italy, the first country in Europe to have been hit by the epidemic, has registered 254 000 cases of Covid-19, and more than 35,000 dead.
