Caserta, on the verge of death, calls all the relatives: after the wake and the funeral, the positives arrive at 76

CASERTA. CASERTA. Before dying, he wanted to have all his relatives with their respective families by his side. And for this he expressed the desire to gather them together by his bed for the last goodbye. So, on the border between Campania and Lazio, dozens of people with children in tow gathered for the wake and then for the funeral of the old woman on December 27. Without thinking too much about social distancing, with the concrete risk of contagion that has become real. In a few days, raising the balance of infected in the small town, which was already in alarm, to 76 positives, including several asymptomatic minors and other external contacts of relatives who have joined previous groups. Now they are all in solitary confinement. The outbreak broke out in the province of Caserta in the municipality of Rocca d’Evandro where a few days ago, after Christmas, the numerous family gathering took place in breach of anti-Covid regulations. It was the local ASL that reconstructed the incident and, through epidemiological investigation, traced the emergence of new infections to the risk meeting.

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Ordinance
To prevent further spread of the infection, the mayor of the town signed an order that provides for the limitation of all movements and the closure of the parks, the municipal market and the cemetery. And the prohibition of participating in funeral rites excludes first and second degree relatives only.

“Dear patients and all the inhabitants of Rocca D’Evandro, as I had anticipated days ago, there has been a resurgence of coronavirus cases in the area,” we read on the Facebook page of the country’s doctor involved in the outbreak. An increase partly due to the unavoidable contacts of daily life and work, partly due, instead, let me say, to an overly optimistic airiness of the citizens.

To prevent the situation from degenerating, I was activated immediately, contacting the Mayor, Dr. Emilia Delli Colli, who acquired the necessary information and related to the local ASL immediately proceeded to issue an ordinance, in order to limit the activities and movements within the Municipality “.

The invitation of the village doctor
“Let’s not get carried away by the euphoria of the holidays, and much less by the enthusiasm for the arrival of the vaccine: the battle will continue to be long and hard,” continues Dr. Alfonso Manica, who underlines the fairly high average age of the population local formed by “frail old men”. that must be protected “.

Then the invitation for the new year: “Avoid doing anything that is not essential, avoid even occasional contacts with people outside the family unit, avoid creating gatherings, exploit digital resources, if possible, so as not to go to the office. at the post office, at the bank, at the family doctor, always wear a mask and wash your hands frequently. ” “I hope I was clear, but above all convincing,” concludes the Campanian doctor.