Dpcm, government-regions confrontation

Published on: 10/24/2020 3:05 PM

The Minister of the Regions, Francesco Boccia, has summoned the 16 Regions, Anci and Upi for a debate on the new anti-Covid measures. The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, and Commissioner Domenico Arcuri also participate in the meeting, which is held by videoconference.

Previously, interviewed by Skytg24, the minister had assured that ”this is not the case and it is time for a total lockdown” as in March. It will be necessary to “tighten much more”, but there will be no total blockage.

” The State and the Regions are not different entities, but different parts of a single organism. We will find an understanding in these hours. To tighten those screws more, you have to tighten. ”

The minister, positive about the virus, was optimistic: “We defeated the first wave with unity and collaboration, once again we will “defeat” the virus. Ma ”now we have to be united”, he said addressing all institutional interlocutors, starting with the Regions. And to the governor of Campania Vincenzo De Luca, who yesterday invoked the closure, said: “What counts are the acts, the actions, the interventions. And we do them for Campania together and we must strive to do it together. Let’s unite, avoid misunderstandings”

“I believe that the president of the Veneto Region – Boccia emphasized – knows better than I what happens in the Belluno hospital and so on. Today we are in another condition. Territories can make their own decisions within them.. We know a lot more today than in March, so the approach is different. But this does not mean that it is not very strict and difficult. And I’m sure the next rules will be very strict and harsh as well.”

And about intensive care, he recalled that assistance skills to the seriously ill with Covid ”in intensive care can touch me 10,000 patients in a very short time”