CORONAVIRUS NEW RESTRICTIONS: CHRISTMAS DPCM 🎄
21 – 23 DECEMBER
⛔ inter-regional mobility block. exceptions for work, health, urgency, return to residence or domicile.
✅ movements allowed to second homes, in the same Region.
✅ shops open, restaurants open for lunch and bars until 6 pm. Hairdressers and barbers are open.
⛔ ban on going out from 10pm to 5am
24th – 27th DECEMBER
⛔ shops, bars, restaurants closed
✅ open with hours on holidays: food shops, pharmacies, tobacconists, newsagents and bookstores
⛔ All movements are prohibited, even within one’s own municipality. waivers only for work, health, urgency
⛔ up to a maximum of two guests can be received at a household, and not only relatives but also friends can be invited.
✅ you can go out to go to Mass and go out for sports and physical activity or assist those who are not self-sufficient.
28th – 30th DECEMBER
✅ the restrictions of the Prime Minister’s Decree are returned from 4 December to 15 January
31 DECEMBER and 3 JANUARY
⛔ total lockdown. Prohibition to leave the house exceptions for work, health, urgency.
✅ only grocery stores, pharmacies, tobacconists, newsagents and bookshops are open
👩✈️ whoever is found circulating on the street in these four days, without reason, will be sanctioned with a fine from 400 euros to 1000 euros.
4 – 6 JANUARY
✅ the restrictions of the Prime Minister’s Decree are returned from 4 December to 15 January
⛔ inter-regional mobility block. exceptions for work, health, urgency, return to residence or domicile.
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