Italy has revealed plans to recruit 60,000 volunteers who will monitor citizens' adherence to the social distancing rules in the country\u2019s post-lockdown phase. The scheme, announced by Regional Affairs Minister Francesco Boccia, on Monday came amid mounting concern that people are mingling dangerously close to one another on beaches, in bars and on public squares.
Italy has revealed plans to recruit 60,000 volunteers who will monitor citizens’ adherence to the social distancing rules in the country’s post-lockdown phase.
“The volunteers will not be vigilantes, but spreaders of good behaviour,’’ Bari Mayor and head of the Italian Mayors’ Association Antonio Decaro told Monday’s La Repubblica newspaper, NAN reports.“They will be armed with the strength of persuasion, reason and their smiles,’’ he told La Stampa daily.
Italy suffered a devastating outbreak of the coronavirus, however, the epidemic peaked in late March, and after weeks of falling infection numbers the country’s lockdown was de facto ended on May 18.
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