Coronavirus, the record of almost 600 cases scares Lazio. Hospitals beyond capacity. Zingaretti’s chief of staff was also positive

The coronavirus scares Rome and the Lazio with the absolute record of infections since the start of the epidemic and the Covid departments of hospitals beyond capacity limits. And the Covid-19 positivity of the chief of staff Nicola Zingaretti creates new concerns in regional offices. Among the 579 new positives registered today in the Region, up to 201 only in the Capital, there are also Albino Ruberti, right arm of the governor and national secretary of the Democratic Party. “I tested positive for the quick swab, but asymptomatic. I immediately put myself in solitary confinement and now I am awaiting the results of the other investigations, ”explained the former president of Zetema. A few minutes later the news of positivity also arrived Sara battisti, regional councilor of Democratic party, who instead performed molecular swabs on prescription after a slight fever. They are both well and isolated in their respective homes.

The positivity of Ruberti and Battisti led ASL Roma 2 and Roma 3 to order the closure and the reorganization of the offices of the regional council – in the Via Cristoforo Colombo offices – and of the regional council, in Pisana. However, it had been about a week that the health authorities had concentrated on the different offices of the organization, even the smallest ones. The sanitizations began on October 7 with the building D of the Regional Council, to then continue on October 12 with “all the offices of the Regional Council” until the extraordinary cleaning scheduled for tomorrow. However, no indication to council members regarding the quarantine. Nicola Zingaretti, who had already contracted the Sars-Cov-2 in March – He has not been seen in the office for a few days due to the grief that struck him with the disappearance of his mother. As for Ruberti’s closest collaborators, the epidemiological investigation will determine the need for the swab. At the moment there is “a unknown number of people who test positive for rapid swab”, Explain internal sources.

As mentioned, Tuesday in Lazio was quite a difficult day from the point of view of the epidemic. I almost 600 infections represent a record, although it must always be remembered that the relationship with the swabs made – more than 15,000 – is not comparable with the March-April figure. Over the limit of its capacity i Covid departments, with up to 896 hospitalized, compared to the 861 places available, while the seats occupied in intensive care I’m still 83. Bud a Guidonia, at the headquarters of Messenger Bartolini, where there are 16 positive cases and 40 people placed in home isolation. Long lines even for him drive-in tampon: at 2 in the afternoon there were more than 200 cars in the queue in Viale Togliatti and 198 in the Bio-Medico Campus of Trigoria. In total aligned in the different drive-ins 1900 machines.

Also in Lazio, the councilor Fdi, Chiara Colosimo, disputes with Zingaretti for the decision to force the use of masks outdoors in a stricter way than government regulations: “On the one hand – says Colosimo – the Government decides that citizens should not wear masks outdoors in the that, due to the characteristics of the places or the factual circumstances, the condition of isolation of people who do not live together is continuously guaranteed. On the other hand, the provision of the Lazio Region says that the mask must be used at any time and in any place, even in the sea ”.