To ease the increasingly widespread social tension in many categories of self-employment, the Government must abandon the micro-aid policy implemented up to now, replacing it with extraordinary measures capable of mitigating the negative effects that the pandemic crisis is producing. Given the urgency, according to the CGIA Studies Office it is necessary, for example, to "apply" [...]

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(by Francesco Matera) Christmas in “lockdown”, for the next two weeks, except for December 28-29-30 and January 4, all of Italy has become the red zone. The police forces with the assistance of the armed forces of the safe roads operation, have intensified their presence on the territory, any movement must be justified with the self-certification form. We will be able [...]

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The new lockdown approved today will not only affect bars, pizzerias and restaurants, but also 18.200 ice cream parlors and pastry shops belonging to the craft sector which in Italy employ over 50 employees. The concern for the economic and employment stability of these activities is very high, according to the CGIA. Report the office coordinator [...]

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Also due to Covid, craftsmanship is increasingly in trouble. In the first 6 months of this year, the companies in the sector decreased by 4.446 units; bringing the total number present in Italy down to 1.291.156. Both in the I (-10.902) and in the II quarter of 2020 (+6.456) the balances were among the worst of the [...]

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In the rosiest forecasts, this year's Italian GDP, or the wealth produced in the country, should drop by around 2019 percent compared to 10. Due to the negative effects of Covid, therefore, we risk "burning" 160 billion GDP. To give an idea of ​​the size of the contraction, it is as if Veneto had been in [...]

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The Einaudi Foundation has asked the Government to declassify the acts of the Scientific Technical Committee (CTS), those that prompted the executive to launch, last March, various dpcm to gradually impose a complete "lockdown" on Italy . In early March, the CTS advised dividing Italy in two with more stringent measures [...]

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"Looking at the numbers of the countries close to us, one would think that we will have problems with the coronavirus not in October-November, as had been hypothesized, but already at the end of August". Thus Professor Andrea Crisanti, full professor of microbiology at the University of Padua, interviewed by Il Messagero. Too many cases, says the expert, just two hours away [...]

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The impact of the lockdown on the road haulage sector turnover, almost 2 billion lost, business birth rates at -30%, nine hundred million kilometers less, 1,8 billion in turnover lost, and a denatality that exceeds 30%. These are the data for March and April, processed - in comparison with the same period of 2019 - by the Confcommercio Research Office for [...]

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Giovanni Esposito, Director of Cardiology "Federico II": "Call 118 immediately which activates the heart attack network with dedicated paths and without any Covid risk for the patient" The study published in Circulation shows that compared to the same period of 2019, in Campania, in the interventional cardiology centers that have joined the study, the [...]

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(by John Blackeye) This morning Rome presented itself under its normal aspect with a Grande Raccordo Anulare not yet clogged but crossed at great speed by many more cars than those seen last week. It seems that the conditions are in place to change the country and start with [...]

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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Mini quarrel between the Government and the Regions on the guidelines to be adopted, starting from Monday 18 May, when the shutters of all commercial activities will be raised. It will be the day when Italy really reopens but with a new look: all with masks and spaced one meter apart, an unavoidable condition for [...]

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According to the CGIA, the lockdown must now be applied to taxes. In particular, those paid by the self-employed and small and micro enterprises with a turnover of up to 1 million euro per year which, in the absence of a strong cut in fixed costs, risk closing permanently. The coordinator of the Paolo Zabeo Studies Office states: [...]

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A study by the Central Directorate for Studies and Research shows how the number of people infected with COVID-19 has increased to a greater extent, after the lockdown measures decided by the government, in the provinces with more employment relationships in the essential sectors The number of infected by COVID-19 virus in the provinces where it is highest [...]

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An article signed by the president of the Observatory on Security, Pasquale Preziosa and the vice president, Roberto De Vita, has been published on the Eurispes website, where the theme of the "lockdown" implemented by most countries to combat the spread of COVID-19. An extreme and considered unique measure to stem the contagion of [...]

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