Throughout Italy it is compulsory to wear a face mask outdoors if one is in the proximity of a person who does not share one's household, and checks on interpersonal distancing of at least one metre and on gatherings will be stepped up. This is what the new decree on coronavirus establishes. In addition, the government has ordered the extension of the state of emergency until 31 January 2021 (due to expire on 15 October), given that in recent weeks the pandemic appears to have regained momentum across much of Europe.

Speranza confirms the contents of the new dpcm

Health Minister Roberto Speranza, in his briefing to Parliament, confirmed the contents of the forthcoming decree of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, which Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is about to sign after submitting it to the Council of Ministers. Meanwhile, Palazzo Chigi had already denied any intention of ordering the closure of bars and restaurants, let alone early closures and a curfew. On the contrary, the government has in recent days strongly relaunched the campaign for the use of the Immuni app, which enables contact tracing.

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Cases rising across Europe

Minister Speranza explained to the Chamber that the upward trend in infections "concerns all European countries, and our country too: Italy is faring better — along with Germany it is the country holding up best against the second wave, but we must not deceive ourselves. It would be wrong to think we are out of it."

With the number of new positive cases rising steadily for nine weeks, and stable for a few days above two thousand per day, Italy "today counts 58,900 positive cases (which then became 60,134 with the new daily figures, ed.), on 6 August there were 12,600 — we cannot hide this increase from ourselves," the minister notes. And further: "Today we have 323 people in intensive care; these are still manageable numbers, but we cannot ignore the trend: over the summer we had come down to 30." Hence the decision, with the new dpcm, to "confirm those essential measures that have so far allowed us to manage the epidemic, while sending a first signal of strengthening of those measures."

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Face mask to be carried at all times

The face mask will be compulsory "in every situation in which there is a possibility of encountering people who do not share one's household," with fines of up to three thousand euros for those who break the rules. This does not mean exactly that one will always be required to wear a face mask outdoors: the decree in fact provides that it will be compulsory to always carry personal protective equipment outside one's home, "with the possibility of making their use mandatory even outdoors whenever one is in the proximity of other people who do not share one's household." The obligation will not apply to those engaged in sporting or physical activity (the by-now-famous runners), to children under the age of six, or to individuals with conditions or disabilities incompatible with the use of a face mask.

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Anyone who breaks the rule (which was already in force in some regions) risks a fine ranging from 400 to three thousand euros. The rules are straightforward: indoors, the face mask must be worn on every occasion, except in one's own car and in one's own home, but only if the only people present are those who share the household and not any occasional guests. In restaurants it may be lowered when one is seated at the table to eat. Outdoors, on the other hand, it must be worn while walking or standing in inhabited areas, whereas it may be removed in isolated places and in the countryside, and it may also be dispensed with when cycling, riding a motorbike or using a scooter.

The level of checks on gatherings will also be increased; according to Speranza these "are a real risk that we cannot afford." Furthermore, the Civil Protection Operational Committee will be reactivated, as it was in the first months of the epidemic. As with all previous dpcms, the Regions will only be able to tighten, and not to ease, the measures contained in the decree.