Museums will reopen in yellow zone: health minister Hope announced

As of January 16, 2021, museums located in yellow-zone regions will be able to reopen: this was announced this morning by Health Minister Roberto Speranza, explaining to the Chamber of Deputies the measures contained in the dpcm that will come into effect precisely on the 16th.

The reopening of museums in yellow zones is a measure defined as “symbolic” by the minister, just as at the moment symbolic is the establishment of a white zone that will be able to be triggered with very low epidemiological levels (cases below 50 per 100,000 inhabitants, RT below 1). In this new area, restrictions will only be on spacing and the use of masks. This area is unlikely to be triggered in the short term, Speranza said: however, with the establishment of the white zone, according to the minister, “we begin to indicate a path of hope for the months to come.” In the same spirit, Speranza continued, “it is the government’s intention in the yellow zone, and in compliance with all distancing measures, to reopen museums as symbolic places of our country’s culture.”

Among the other measures announced: the extension of the state of emergency until April 30, the confirmation of the basic measures already in place and the model for differentiated bands, the confirmation of the ban on moving between regions in the yellow zone, the reduction of gatherings in front of public places at risk of aggregation with a ban on take-out from bars at 6 p.m., and the suggestion to receive at home a maximum of two people not living together.

Pictured: health minister Roberto Speranza

Museums will reopen in yellow zone: health minister Hope announced

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