Complete the vaccination campaign , a complex game that requires special powers to solve the supply crunch, including replacing Astrazeneca for the under 60s with Pfizer or Moderna. To stem the spread of the Delta variant, which has traced the infections in Great Britain. Putting order in the chaos of the Regions often in no particular order. Prepare for the administration of the third dose, now considered unavoidable, starting from the health personnel. These are the main reasons that push Prime Minister Mario Draghi towards the extension of the state of emergency for the Covid emergency, which expires on 31 July. Even if the issue divides the political forces also within the Executive, with the League pushing not to renew the provision.
State of emergency expiring on July 31st
The state of emergency was approved for the first time by the Council of Ministers on January 31, 2020 by the Conte government. The extension has been extended until July 31, 2021. The duration of the national state of emergency, as provided for by Article 24 of Legislative Decree 1/2008, cannot exceed 12 months and can be extended for no more than 12 months . With the state of emergency, special interventions can be implemented with ordinances derogating from the provisions of the law, respecting the general principles of the legal system.
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The powers of the state of emergency
With the declaration of the state of emergency, which can be extended until January 2022 at the latest, the procedures for approving laws and decrees are streamlined. Health measures are also arranged, such as the obligation of outdoor masks or social distancing, and the use of smart working for companies. In addition, the government can resort to Dpcm , decrees that do not pass through parliamentary approval. Even if with the Draghi executive the season of the Dpcm is in fact exhausted. The premier, unlike his predecessor Giuseppe Conte, in fact, preferred to intervene through decree laws, subject to conversion into law by the Parliament.
Towards the confirmation of the commissioner and the Cts
The extension of the state of emergency also allows the organisms created to deal with the pandemic to be kept in operation, starting with the extraordinary commissioner and the Scientific Technical Committee (Cts). The latter was established on 5 February 2020 by order of the Ministry of Health and then amended in its composition on 17 March 2021. It currently consists of 11 members, with the role of coordinator entrusted to the President of the Higher Health Council, Franco Locatelli, and that of spokesman to Silvio Brusaferro, president of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss).
The rules on smart working
The state of emergency are also linked to provisions concerning the dad and some work provisions in the case of school classes in quarantine. The state of emergency has also allowed the adoption in the private sector of simplified smart working, that is, without the need for an individual agreement between company and worker. Regardless of the extension of the state of emergency, the system will continue until December 31st. The measure was in fact introduced in the conversion law of the Reopening Dl 52/2021 being examined by the Senate after the green light of the Chamber. Afterwards, the individual agreements will be signed again.