On May 4, the Italian government loosened some lockdown rules, including allowing citizens to frequent public parks and to visit family members throughout their home region.
Epidemiologists have said that it would take roughly 14 days to determine whether the regained freedom of movement might send Italy’s infection rate raising again.
Italian Health Ministry figures released on Friday evening indicated the number of patients needing intensive care in hospitals has continued to steadily decline. Friuli Venezia Giulia’s numbers have been declining for the past three weeks with a slight increase in numbers on Friday.
Fedriga has announced late Friday night that the government accepted Friuli Venezia Giulia’s guidelines for the next phase and “FVG will be restarting on Monday”.
As the rest of the country anxiously waits to learn if partial easing of lockdown restrictions earlier this month has triggered any uptick in contagion rate, we can’t help but wonder: are we really ready for phase two?
By In Trieste
