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Empolese Valdelsa red zone from Monday, March 22. The confirmation comes from the mayor of the Union of Municipalities Alessio Falorni. Yesterday there was an online meeting with President Eugenio Giani with 16 mayors called. Already the leather district (5 municipalities with Fucecchio) is in the red zone, to these is added theEmpolese Valdelsa (10 municipalities except Fucecchio) me Barberino Tavarnelle, on the border with Valdelsa Fiorentina.
Fifteen municipalities between the provinces of Florence and Pisa, for a total of more than 240 thousand inhabitants, will respect the maximum restrictions established by the Decree of the Prime Minister in an attempt to reduce the contagion rate that today exceeds 435 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants (the alert The threshold to pass in the red zone is set at 250), with peaks in some municipalities of the Leather District, already in the red zone for a week, exceeding 600.
The neighboring municipality of Barberino Tavarnelle will also join the 15th, which yesterday participated with the mayor David Baroncelli in the meeting between the president of the Region Eugenio Giani and the first citizens of the Valdelsa Empolese and the lower Valdarno.
The choice of Giani, shared by the mayors, is to follow the latest indications of the ministerial decree that no longer speaks only of regions and provinces but also provides more restrictive measures for homogeneous subprovincial areas.
“To lower the contagion curve, a measure was needed for the entire area – said the president of the SdS Alessio Spinelli – Today in the situation in which we find ourselves it no longer makes sense to make assessments for individual municipalities ”.
The data presented by Giani lead to a homogeneous red zone in the territory. Falorni explains: “There are variations between municipalities, some with high rates and others that could endure. The substantial novelty is being able to advance through homogeneous areas, as provided by Prime Minister Mario Draghi.. In this regard, the mayor of Montespertoli in a post commented: “We do not deserve this red zone because we are the municipality with the lowest contagion rate in the entire area, well below the critical threshold, we have improved our situation more than any other and we do not have any class of our schools in quarantine.” . I am bitter, like so many of you, because we could have continued like this, with many sacrifices but without the need for major restrictions “.
The red zone will mean the closure of some activities with respect to the orange zone and the suspension of teaching in presence with the closure of schools. “Castelfiorentino would have tried to endure again – explains Falorni frankly -, the burden of the red zone on families and companies is really very heavy”.
Red microzones can be shorter in duration than regional ones, which necessarily last at least two weeks.
Hospital situation
The red zone, in addition to the data related to infections, is also highly recommended due to the situation of the hospitals. The pressure on the Empoli, Fucecchio and San Miniato hospitals is at maximum levels and in recent days it has also intensified on the hospitals in the Florentine area, thus excluding the possibility of transferring patients to other health facilities within the ASL .
“A truly suffocating situation – declares the president of the SdS, Alessio Spinelli – that we must improve at all costs. If the pressure on our structures does not reduce the risk of not being able to serve people, it could become really concrete ”.
Closed schools
As of Monday, March 22, all schools of all types and levels throughout the territory will be closed, including educational and childcare services. Contagion in schools does not seem to be particularly widespread, but in the meeting with President Giani the concerns of the National Scientific Technical Committee also arose, which would seem concerned about a possible “clandestine” contagion in schools, an inconspicuous contagion given by the fact that most students who test positive show no symptoms.
“To be sure that the infection rate in schools is really low – says Spinelli – it would be necessary to carry out exhaustive controls in all institutions exchanging thousands of students, a bit in line with what we did in some schools in September previous”. . of the reopening. In any case, I want to remind you that the schools will not be formally closed: they will remain open to support disabled students and children and young people with special educational needs who will continue to attend the classrooms together with small groups of their peers who will be present in rotation. I think this is a choice that makes us understand how social and relational needs are not considered inferior to the health needs of our communities ”.
Refreshments
The aid stations provided for in the study of the next Government Decree quinquies for the economic activities forced to close will not only affect the red zone regions but will also include activities in the provincial and subprovincial red zones such as the Empolese. Valdelsa and the lower Valdarno. The provision will also be retroactive and therefore will also take into account situations prior to publication.
Checks
The controls will be extended throughout the area to verify compliance with the restrictions by people, both through the Municipal Police and the police thanks to the collaboration with the Prefectures of Florence and Pisa that guaranteed collaboration and delivery of men to the territory. In addition, each municipality, if it deems it appropriate, may issue even more restrictive ordinances than the general ones for specific situations in which it is even more necessary to limit the risk of contagion.
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