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    Italy eliminates from this Monday the use of the mandatory chinstrap outdoors

    The new measure is given after more than 8 months. They ask “caution” before the advance of the so-called Delta variant of the coronavirus.

    Italy eliminates as of today the mandatory use of chinstraps in the open air throughout the country after more than eight months, while it hopes to achieve herd immunity by the end of September, although with requests for “caution” in the face of the advance of the so-called Delta variant of the

    The use of mandatory chinstrap had been decreed at the beginning of October 2020, in the middle of the second wave of coronavirus that hit the country.

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    The new measure is one of the last flexibilities of the gradual plan established by the Italian Government at the end of March, by which bars and restaurants are already operating and which, facing the imminent tourist season, is even preparing to allow the opening of discos.

    “That Italians are responsible, caution is necessary,” the head of the vaccination campaign, Francesco Figliuolo, urged anyway, in statements reproduced in the newspaper.

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    According to the latest update early Monday on the site dedicated to the vaccination campaign, Italy has already immunized 17,787,354 people against the coronavirus, 32.94% of the population over 12 years of age.

    Figliuolo added that, according to the government’s calculations, “the goal of herd immunity, which is equivalent to 80% of the 54 million vaccinable people, will be reached by the end of September. ”

    Beyond the elimination of the use of chinstraps outdoors, protective devices will continue to be used indoors and in businesses.

    So far, 127,002 people have died in Italy from the coronavirus, including 14 victims reported on Sunday, according to data from the Health Ministry.

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    With the entire country classified as a “white zone” or low risk, the use of a chinstrap in the open air is no longer mandatory today in the 20 Italian regions, unless there are crowds or situations in which it is not possible to maintain social distancing, according to the latest provision of the Government.

    The use of mandatory chinstrap had been decreed at the beginning of October 2020, in the middle of the second wave of coronavirus that hit the country.

    The new measure is one of the last flexibilities of the gradual plan established by the Italian Government at the end of March, by which bars and restaurants are already operating and which, facing the imminent tourist season, is even preparing to allow the opening of discos.

    “That Italians are responsible, caution is necessary,” the head of the vaccination campaign, Francesco Figliuolo, urged anyway, in statements reproduced in the newspaper La Repubblica.

    According to the latest update early Monday on the site dedicated to the vaccination campaign, Italy has already immunized 17,787,354 people against the coronavirus, 32.94% of the population over 12 years of age.

    Figliuolo added that, according to the government’s calculations, “the goal of herd immunity, which is equivalent to 80% of the 54 million vaccinable people, will be reached by the end of September. ”

    Beyond the elimination of the use of chinstraps outdoors, protective devices will continue to be used indoors and in businesses.

    So far, 127,002 people have died in Italy from the coronavirus, including 14 victims reported on Sunday, according to data from the Health Ministry.


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