Covid soft drinks and loosening lock: double turning point in Lombardy – Chronicle

Milan, November 14, 2020 – Next week could be marked by a double tour in Lombardy: in fact, the regional council could approve the deliberate on soft drinks, the one we wrote yesterday in these pages, already on Monday or Tuesday, depending on the day on which the Executive meeting is finally scheduled. And in the provision there could be slightly more than the 50 million euros already identified by Davide Caparini, regional budget advisor. As anticipated yesterday, the idea of ​​Governor Attilio Fontana and his closest collaborators is to guarantee a economic support to the categories and the professional figures sanctioned by the latest regional ordinance, the one prior to the decree with which the Government established the red zone in Lombardy. And in particular to guarantee support for these categories and professional figures. excluded from the refreshments at Palazzo Chigi.

The second turning point It is relative, instead, to the possibility of laying the foundations of a relaxation of restrictive measures current to contain coronavirus infection. After this week, in fact, the Region and the Ministry of Health will be able to discuss this flexibility, if the epidemiological and health data allow it. «The indicators of Lombardy begin to show signs of improvement – Fontana announced last night on his Facebook page -. These are the first results after the great sacrifices we are making. as of October 21 ”, the day the Region’s ordinance was approved. “We must follow this path in the hope of relieving the pressure both on our hospitals and on our precious doctors and health workers – continues the governor -. As always, we keep our attention high and try to get out of this nightmare as soon as possible” .

Yesterday afternoon, the President of the Region met with the mayors of the capitals precisely to assess whether the conditions were in sight for a loosening of the prohibitions: «Of course, as Minister Speranza reiterated to me, we have to wait 2 weeks. The first has passed. The minister told me that he will not take any action within 2 weeks, so from the end of the next one, ”explains the governor.