Clúster de Spezia, the Local Health Authority of Tuscany specifies: “There is no party with thousands of people. Infections in the Dominican community date back to August 15 and had already been limited”

The origin of the La Spezia cluster would not be directly attributable to that of a celebration of the Dominican community in Tuscany: this is stated in a press release on its website, by the USL Tuscany Northwest company, regarding the news confirmed by the Region. of Liguria and the mayor. Pierluigi Peracchini at last night’s press conference on the origin of the infection boom in La Spezia, which could have been identified at a South American community party, in Tuscany, with more than a thousand participants.

In relation to the news related to the contagion of a group of Dominicans residing in the territory of Massa Carrara, the ASL Noroeste Toscana clarifies that it is a cluster that has already been detected and circumscribed, in the days following mid-August – reads the statement – In fact, there are about 50 positive citizens who have been, over time, served by the prevention department, which has been monitoring the progress of infections since mid-August and, to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the transfer of some patients to health hotels or inpatient treatments has also been prepared. At the moment there are no parties with thousands of participants but, again on August 15, a much more restricted and private party, between citizens of the same nationality ”.

According to Tuscan health workers, therefore, that outbreak would have been quickly identified and traced, with the subsequent isolation of all those involved and their contacts. According to the president of the Liguria Region, Giovanni Toti, and the mayor Peracchini, however, that same occasion was pointed out yesterday as the trigger for the widespread infections in La Spezia that led Governor Toti himself, yesterday, to sign an ordinance that oblige everyone. citizens of the entire province of La Spezia always wear a mask.