Coronavirus Italy: 70,000 controls and only 130 fines on the first day of the Super Green Pass

The first mandatory day of the reinforced health certificate in Italy 70,000 people were inspected and only 130 fines were imposed, which, according to the Ministry of the Interior, shows the good reception of citizens to the new measures decreed to stop the increase in infections of coronavirus In Christmas.

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“The instrument is working, there has been a great response from citizens and few fines, so it must be maintained”said today the undersecretary of the Interior, Carlo Sibilia, when revealing the figures of 70,000 people controlled, 130 fines and “very few complaints.”

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The reinforced health certificate, which further restricts activities to the unvaccinated, came into force this Monday, when controls also increased for the normal pass in buses, metro and shopping areas, with fines of between 400 and 1,000 euros for those who do not have the necessary document.

In Sibilia’s opinion, “Italian citizens must be applauded for their compliance with the rules on the first day of the ‘super green pass’ and in fact they have to continue along these lines”.

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The new pass, held by vaccinated citizens and those who have overcome the disease, is necessary to access the interior of bars, restaurants, cinemas, theaters, sporting events, discos, parties and public ceremonies, until next January 15.

Italian police officers verify the QR code confirming that people received the covid-19 vaccine at the Fontivegge station in Rome. (EFE / EPA / GIUSEPPE LAMI).

In contrast, the normal certificate, which also includes holders of a negative antigen test, will be mandatory to work, access public transport, enter museums and transit through commercial areas, but not on weekends, when they should display the new pass.

Sibilia also referred to the controversy over the need for children over 12 to be required to show the pass to access school transport, after the regions have called for a “moratorium” to “allow everyone to go to school ”.

“We do not intend to make exceptions to the requirement of ‘simple’ health certification for students in public transport,” said the undersecretary, recalling that the Government insists on the need for transport to be safe when infections are increasing in Italy.

In the last 24 hours, 9,503 new infections and 92 deaths have been registered in Italy.

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