Musumeci “closes” the Biagio Conte centers

The four structures of the Mission Hope and Charity of Biagio Conte, in Palermo, now become the red zone to counteract the spread of the Coronavirus. This was established by the president of the Sicilian Region Nello Musumeci, with his own recently issued ordinance, after the 33 positive cases found in 55 swabs made among the guests of the center.

The decision was adopted after a summit with the health councilor Ruggero Razza and the general director of the ASP of Palermo, Daniela Faraoni, who examined the advance of the infection and the dangerous promiscuity within the structures. The critical situation was accentuated by the refusal of almost all the subjects received to be taken to the Covid-Hotel San Paolo for mandatory quarantine.

The communities are: Via Archirafi n. 31, entitled “Mission Hope and Charity”; that of via Garibaldi n. 3, called “Female reception”; the one in via Decollati n. 21, entitled “The citadel of the poor and hope”; and finally via Cottolengo n. 48 in Villaggio Ruffini.

In the centers, now, only health and social workers and personnel involved in assistance activities related to the emergency will be allowed in and out. To guarantee the effectiveness of the Musumeci ordinance, adopted in accordance with article 3 of Legislative Decree March 25, 2020 n. 19, the police must be outside the structures.

The Region explained that the same measures adopted in recent months will be used in the other Sicilian red zones, specifically in Salemi, Villafrati and Agira in terms of containing Covid. Right at night the mayor Orlando had written to Prime Minister Conte and to Musumeci to underline the situation of serious risk in the reception structures.

In the four Mission Centers, technical groups from the Health Authority of the Region were sent yesterday to verify full compliance with the prevention measures and four teams from Usca to subject the more than seven hundred guests to a rapid swab.

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