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Coronavirus, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte declared Calabria a “red zone” along with Lombardy, Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta. But they are not the regions most affected by the pandemic
In Calabria hospitals are half empty but from Friday it will be back in emergency shutdown. Despite being the region least affected by the pandemic to the point that Germany allows access to its national territory without quarantine exclusively to Calabrians, the prime minister tonight Giuseppe Conte confirmed the rumors leaked in recent days in the national press declaring the “Red zone”Also for the Region with fewer cases and fewer hospitalizations than the entire continent. And while Jole santelli, who had received recognition from the New York Times for his virtuous handling of the pandemic, is turning in his grave, the interim president The respite now must intervene harshly, evaluating the possibility of challenging the order of the Minister of Health hope, who entered the Calabria in the same risk range as Lombardy, Piedmont me Aosta Valley where the virus spreads in an uncontrolled way. In Aosta Valley is busy in Sixty-five% ICU beds, in Lombardy the 48.5%, in Piedmont the 37%. In Calabria the 7%, the lowest percentage in Italy.
The most sensational data, paradoxically, comes from the classification of the other Regions: Lazio me Campania They are among those most affected by the pandemic, according to the rate of positivity of swabs, the number of cases relative to population, the number of swabs relative to positives, and the occupancy rate of beds in the wards. In Campania is busy in Four. Five% of the beds, even more than Piedmont. but still Conte announced the “yellow zone“For the two regions of the Tyrrhenian that, delivered by hand, have together with Lombardy, Piedmont me Aosta Valley the most difficult situation in Italy.
Also there Tuscany has a difficult situation: 1,319 hospitalized in the ward, 197 hospitalized in intensive care, il 37% of occupied beds. However, it is in the yellow zone!
Specifically in Campania the contagion continues to spread daily despite the fact that schools have been closed for 20 days: in light of these decisions taken by the Government, the question that everyone asks is how the risk bands are classified and what are thescientific criteria” that Conte has repeatedly praised to indicate how the various areas are defined. Why the inclusion in the “yellow zone” for all the Regions administered by the same government parties except one (the Puglia “orange“), Despite being in a serious health emergency, it allows us to imagine more political than scientific options. All the more so if the least affected region of Italy is “Red zone“Perhaps because he elected a regional government from the parliamentary opposition a year ago.
The Government gives explanations. IT IS The respite intervene immediately, considering challenging the ordinance as the Lombard governor is thinking of doing Fontana that despite living a particularly critical health situation, does not accept a new confinement and speaks of “unacceptable choice”Announcing barricades. Calabria, more in light of its epidemiological situation, cannot be trampled on for the umpteenth time: it has already been armored for two months in spring for no reason while the pandemic spread a thousand kilometers away and this same government resorted to tar against the order of Jole santelli This allowed the restaurant to reopen with outdoor tables at the end of April when the infection had already been disappearing for two weeks.
Obviously that war continues, even now that Jole Santelli is gone and he cannot defend his land. Without the Governor, Calabrian politics is weaker and while in the other Regions there have been protests that have set the city on fire, Calabria was the only Region that has not protested in a conspicuous way after the first closures and is now locked up again. Meanwhile, the same government today Conte approved in the Council of Ministers the “Calabrian Decree“With which the Calabrian health commissioner extended for another 2 years (renewable to 3). Which has been continuously commissioned by the state since August 2010. More than 10 years in which all responsibility for the management and organization of the Calabria’s health system is in the hands of the central state.
Dear President Conte, I am writing to you from a region where the rights of citizens are too often trampled on. Calabria is a land that has a lot of potential but also too many, too many unsolved problems. The most important of the trampled rights is that of Health.
We have been victims for years of a government commissioner who, based exclusively on a purely accounting logic, has destroyed the health of Calabria. In this, political responsibilities must be clear and clear. All health care options depend on the government and its commissioners in Calabria. I was careful to avoid the institutional shock, I don’t think it’s good for anyone, but whoever decides to commission and make the decisions, then they must have the courage to assume the responsibility that follows.
The Covid phase was managed by the Region in absolute harmony with the national government. The new emergency plan, on the other hand, at the request of the commissioners, was prepared by them without the participation of the Region, and launched by the competent Ministry. The new plan completely overturns the old approach and as far as I’m concerned I find it difficult to implement. In the meeting with Commissioner Arcuri and Ministers Speranza and Boccia, Commissioner Arcuri specified that in the Regions where the Commissioner ad acta is present, the Region is not an executing agency.
I am not interested in being the implementer of a plan with which I do not agree, but it is necessary for the Calabrians to know that the government is assuming all the responsibilities of the health management of Covid in Calabria and that the Region has been totally deprived of authority. Sorry after months of loyal cooperation, just take note.
The responsibility towards Calabrians must be clear, however, if the oncological network on breast cancer is redesigned and, despite the protests of the Region, we continue on a path that, unfortunately, will lead to a new and strong medical emigration, If radiotherapies for budgetary needs, making it impossible for Calabrians to treat themselves at home and forcing them to leave the region to receive life-saving therapies, Calabrians should know that these are choices made by government commissioners, with total opposition from the region
I do not think that you, President Conte, are aware of these things but it is my moral and political obligation to highlight them. We Calabrians have the right to the health of a civilized country, I am not interested in waging war against the national government, but I will not act as a lightning rod to severely penalize the decisions of my fellow citizens. The health emergency has taught us that there is a community destiny.
No one is saved alone. There can be no strategic and instrumental divisions in the face of a fundamental right such as health. I am sure you will want to listen to me to find together a way that honors the country’s effort to leave no one behind.Jole Santelli – September 13, 2020
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