The Italian press reported on Sunday that the first fines of € 1 000, had fallen the day before to the owners of three shops in Salerno.
To avoid at all costs the outbreak of coronavirus does not spread in Italy, a radical measure was taken in the south of the country. In Campania, refuse to wear a mask in an enclosed area is punishable by a fine of 1000 euros. The president of the Naples Area has hardened the rules in the face of the lack of discipline of its citizens. The epidemic now seems under control, even if 275 new cases in 24 hours were announced Saturday, as well as 5 deaths.
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The Italian press reported on Sunday that the first fines of € 1 000, had fallen the day before to the owners of three shops in Salerno (south), including a bar and a hairdresser’s salon, in which police officers have found that the obligation of wearing a mask was not respected.
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“If our citizens think that the problem is fixed, this means that in a period of a few weeks we will return to an emergency lasts”, had warned Vincenzo de Luca, the governor of Campania. “We knew that there would be an increase in contamination, it was amply provided for”, was added to the elected officials Friday, in a live Facebook, a few hours before the publication of an ordinance toughening the rules against the epidemic of Covid-19.
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The flagship measure of the text is a penalty of 1000 euro fine for anyone who will not have a mask in an enclosed place, whether public buildings, supermarkets, bars, restaurants, shops and public transport (buses, trains, subways).
The forces of the order may be made in the transport
According to the order, “the transport operators are required to refuse access to passengers who do not wear the mask.” If they are on board, they must be punished, and “asked to disembark immediately or as soon as possible” and if they refuse, “the bus or the train will be blocked,” and the intervention of the forces of law and order will be sought”, it was specified.
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“If the offence is committed in the exercise of a commercial activity” (by a merchant or any of its employees), trade exhibits, in addition to the fine of 1000 euros, to a “closing the activity of 5 to 30 days”, the sentence which may be doubled in case of recidivism.
