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They got up to 168 cases of positivity for coronavirus connected to contagion outbreak discovered in Polignano a Mare among the workers of the company Sop. These are 41 more cases compared to what was learned previously and that make the Apulian outbreak one of the largest in all of Italy. The new numbers were provided by the Bari health authorities, which continue to detect all direct contacts of positive subjects. At the moment, in fact, hundreds of people have been quarantined because they have had close contact with positive people and many of them are waiting to be subjected to swab to check for the presence of the coronavirus.
Polignano outbreak: activities closed at midnight
“I have to thank President Michele Emiliano because he is very close to us these days and in particular the ASL because he is doing an incredible job,” declared the mayor of Polignano a Mare, Domenico Vitto, adding: “the invitation I want doing to my citizens is that, now more than ever, of maintaining attention and responsible behavior: if we have established the closing of all activities at 12:30 pm, This does not mean that they can then go anywhere outside the city, because if there is someone who does not know that he is asymptomatic and is nearby, we run the risk of creating problems for other neighboring countries. This is a very important recommendation at this stage. “
Twelve municipalities affected by the Polignano outbreak
However, the one that will be affected by the outbreak of the Polignano a Mare fruit and vegetable company is not only the town of Bari but also a series of neighboring municipalities where many of the company’s workers reside. Only less than half of the positives reside in Polignano a Mare, there are 76 subjects. The other cases are distributed in 12 municipalities of Apulia, including the capital of Regone: Monopoli 31, Grottaglie 14, San Marzano 14, Noicattaro 9, Triggiano 5, Villa Castelli 5, Castellana Grotte 4, Conversano 4, Bitritto 3, Ostuni 2, Bari 1 Important figures that, however, according to Governor Emiliano should not cause special concern.
Hundreds of people in solitary confinement
“The figures for this business group are certainly important, but there are no particular reasons for concern. It is obvious that a corporate cluster can produce these numbers, especially if the busy staff is this size. We have done a very quick job of quarantining all close contacts, there are hundreds of people in isolation, “said the president of the Puglia region this morning after chairing a meeting of the anti-covid working group in Polignano a Mare .
Screening on other farms
“Unfortunately, the plant is currently closed. We are trying to protect other sites of the company that have the harvest in progress and put them in a position not to lose the harvest; we are acting in similar companies that are here in the area, which is one of areas where agriculture is richer, also because often workers are shared between several companies. Then you have to make one very careful selection both by the companies themselves with the occupational doctors, also because I remember that companies can and should carry out prevention activities even with private tampons not necessarily public, and on the other hand, however, where the emergency is unleashed, it is necessary to intervene, expanding to maximum the number of swabs, so as to avoid that someone asymptomatic or paucisymptomatic can turn and infect other people ”, explained Emiliano.
Puglia coronavirus: 61 cases in 24 hours
In the past 24 hours, the Puglia region has reported an additional 61 cases of coronavirus compared to 1,820 tests conducted, largely due to the Polignano a Mare outbreak. There were also 2 other deaths from covid in the province of Taranto. Since the beginning of the emergency, there are 6,510 positive cases, while currently 1,713 are positive cases.
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