Regions towards color change: only two fall into “dark red”

There are not only Italian colors, but also European ones. And here is a dark red which is scary because it blocks the movements asking for swabs and quarantines. For now there are two finite areas in this sector: the province of Bolzano and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. They are areas of high contagion for the European Union. Hello Veneto and Emilia-Romagna instead that remained red.

The dark red indicates the areas where the virus circulates at very high levels, more than 500 cases per 100 thousand people.

According to the map of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, in addition to the two Italian areas, there are several states in Europe in these conditions. Almost all of the Iberian Peninsula, Ireland, the Baltic countries, some areas of France, Holland and Sweden, East Germany and the Czech Republic.

There are 5 colors of the European Union for Covid: green, orange, red, dark red and gray for areas where there is not enough data.

Protests over the mapping were immediate. According to the Governor of Friuli Fedriga “taking into consideration a single parameter, penalizes only those who are able to make many swabs».

The President of the Region believes that “this mechanism for assessing the spread of the pandemic produces very serious damage to the image of the entire North East with heavy repercussions in particular on the tourism sector”.

The South Tyrolean position is similar. “The evaluation of the ECDC is mainly based on the weekly incidence which for the Province of Bolzano is high because we carry out a lot of tests, even twice as many as other neighboring territories”, he said health councilor Thomas Widmann.

“We understand the concerns of the tourism sector, but the provincial government will continue on the path it has taken and will continue to test a lot. This will allow us to keep the pandemic under control and have the data in order when freedom of travel returns ».

According to the recommendations proposed by the European Commission, those who want to leave these areas, even for essential trips, will have to undergo testing and quarantine up to 14 days.

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