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Public transport, the new anti Covid rules

New rules for public transport: control of the green pass at the station, possibility of blocking a train in case of passengers with symptoms attributable to Covid, limit of two passengers in the taxi. There new ordinance, signed by the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza and by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Enrico Giovannini, clarifies the new anti Covid measures.

With regard to taxi and Ncc, the ordinance states that «i rear seats must not be occupied by more than two passengers if they are not members of the same family unit “, and inside the passenger compartment” it is possible to install dividing bulkheads between driver and passenger “.

In the stations of the trains, the green pass must be checked to passengers before they get on board. In large stations, equipped with gates for access to the platforms, such as Milano Centrale, Firenze Santa Maria Novella., Roma Termini, the measure is easily applicable. In the smaller stations, “if this is not possible, the control can be carried out by the on-board staff together with the control of the travel ticket”. Also, it becomes It is possible to stop the train if a passenger exhibits symptoms of Covid. In this case, “the Railway Police and the health authorities must be promptly informed: at the outcome of the relative assessment of the passenger’s health conditions, the latter is responsible for deciding whether to stop the train to proceed with an intervention or foresee special dedicated spaces “. The railway undertaking will have to “proceed with the sanitization afterwards specific of the convoy », before the train departs.

Sui bus, the door closest to the driver also re-starts – but there must be a “partition for the driving area” – and the gradual return of the conductor on board, which must be able to carry out its duties of controlling compliance with anti-Covid rules on public transport in safe conditions, “guaranteeing the staff in charge of the provision of surgical masks or masks with a higher level of protection (FFP2) and hydroalcoholic solution for frequent hand sanitation “.

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