Crowd in a funeral procession, Saviano turns into a red light district

Posted on: 04/19/2020 10:52

Quarantine for the municipality of Saviano (Naples), where a funeral procession was held yesterday morning in honor of Mayor Carmine Sommese, who suffered from coronavirus and died two days ago, attended by about 200 people. The decision was made during an evening meeting of the Campania region working group, which assessed Saviano’s situation by deciding creation of a new “red zone”, the first in the province of Naples.

“Quarantine for the municipality of Saviano – declares the President of the Campania region Vincenzo De Luca – was one inevitable decision to prevent an outbreak of contagion protection of the health of the citizens of Saviano, of the neighboring municipalities and of a whole densely inhabited territory. It was also An act of respect for the figure of a great doctor and his family. – he adds – what would have first caused responsible behavior. It is a decision that gives credit to the sacrifice made by many citizens who respected the rules. It is a decision that restores dignity and honors the civil commitment of our entire community, “concludes De Luca.

The funeral event organized in the city of Saviano (Naples) in honor of the body of Mayor Carmine Sommese “seriously exposed the entire country to health risks,” wrote the head of the Prevention Department of Asl Napoli 3 Sud in his report to the Crisis Unit of the Campania Region. The report says that “the elementary security rules imposed were not observed, the sanitary distances between those attending the funeral procession (around 200 citizens present in confined spaces with inevitable proximity) were not respected. Violation of the measures Covid-19 containment could favor the spread of pathogens since there is no certainty about the health of the people who participated in the funeral procession.The potential risk of spread of the virus is in this case high and could put the health of citizens of the neighboring countries is also in serious danger. “

For this reason, it was considered “appropriate to limit social contacts between citizens residing in Saviano and the neighboring population”. The restrictive measures for the municipality of Saviano were ordered, as established in the ordinance, “for the time strictly necessary for the identification of the subjects who participated in the funeral procession, in order to adopt the consequent individual preventive health measures, as well as the application of legal sanctions by the competent authorities. ” In this sense, yesterday the Nola Prosecutor opened an investigation into the incident to identify the organizers of the funeral procession and who participated in it.

From today until April 25, the Circumvesuviana trains operating on the Naples-Baiano line will not stop at the Saviano station. This was announced by EAV, the transport company for the Campania region. Like the railway line, the Nola-Castellammare bus line, also administered by the EAV, will not pass through Saviano.