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The ASL of Viterbo has found 104 positive cases at the conclusion of the epidemiological investigation inside the convent of San Francesco di Bagnoregio.
Thus breaks out a new outbreak in Lazio. The news about the situation in the religious structure was given by the Covid-19 crisis unit of the Region: “Today another 41 positive cases were found among the community of nuns. In total, 104 cases were found – specifies the Crisis Unit – The situation is constantly monitored by the ASL of Viterbo that has isolated the structure. ” Yesterday the cases discovered were 63.
“We are well and we pray that everything is resolved,” say the nuns of the San Francesco di Bagnoregio convent, entrenched in the Viterbo monastery since last Saturday after a nun’s positivity to the coronavirus has spread like wildfire.
Mayor Luca Profili takes stock of the situation with Adnkronos. “They are girls who come from all over the world. Many of them are from South America, with a diversity of cultures. They have some lines of fever – he explains – and some have lost their taste and smell. Of course, today we are 104 positives out of 114. That is why I signed an ordinance that prohibits the entry and exit of the convent, which are mandatory ”.
The first citizen of Bagnoregio explains how the outbreak could have developed in the monastery: “I think it was a connection with a convent in Latina of the same nuns for a prayer meeting. It is not known who was infected first but from there.” the contagion has spread. “The monastery in question was once occupied by friars, now it has become a training school for nuns who then go on missions around the world.
“It is not a cloistered convent -explains the mayor-. It is a living, open convent. The nuns are very young. Hence the ordinance to avoid repercussions in the country that has always focused on tourism and would be a problem for the spread of contagion. We hope in any case that everything will be resolved in a short time. We pray for the sisters. ” The ASL of Viterbo, as Mayor Profili explains, continuously monitors the situation, also in relation to the few nuns who have not tested positive but who cannot be excluded may have had Covid in recent months, perhaps with asymptomatic manifestations.
