Fontana signs the ordinance for the municipalities of Viggiù, Mede, Castrezzato and Bollate- Corriere.it

After the appearance of contagion groups in some Lombard municipalities, the red zone will be introduced as of tomorrow, Wednesday. The provision was signed by Governor Attilio Fontana, after consultation with the Ministry of Health, and due to the spread of new variants of the virus. The municipalities in which the restrictions will apply are Viggi (Varese), Mede (Pavia), Castrezzato (Brescia) and Bollate (Milan): here to run starting tomorrow Wednesday 17 February 18, the provisions established in the so-called red band, already observed a few weeks ago throughout the regional territory. So stop all non-essential business activities, bars and restaurants closings. Furthermore, the ordinance establishes that The school and didactic activities of all primary and secondary classes in these municipalities are carried out exclusively at a distance.. This suspension also applies to kindergartens and schools. Lombardy had left the red zone on January 20 after a bitter controversy between the regional council and the government. The health ministry complained in Milan of having sent incorrect data to Rome that had triggered the Rt index with the consequent adoption of the red zone. An appeal to the TAR on the dispute is still pending.

In the four municipalities there has been an outbreak of new infections in recent days. TO Castrezzato, for example, in the last week there were 137 new cases in a population of 7,000 inhabitants. Even before Fontana’s provision, the mayor had signed an order in the morning introducing new restrictions.