Tuscany orange, Giani asks for a “count”: “We have a tenth of the infections of Veneto yellow”

The Tuscan president expressed his dissatisfaction with the fact that he could not go to the yellow zone. And he formally asked the government to convene the control room early next week to reevaluate the data. Meanwhile, a confrontation has begun that will last until Monday. The president: today we have had 500 cases, the Veneto which is yellow 5,000. “How can you not see how illogical this situation is?”

The president of the Tuscany Region is disappointed and dissatisfied with Tuscany’s stay in the orange zone until Sunday 20. “I think this is an unfair and unjustified decision, which does not give credit to citizens and institutions.” “Tuscany – he said – certainly has one of the lowest levels of contagion at the moment, and therefore there is a disparity in the treatment between Regions. One of the regions in the yellow zone has reached an average that is close to the last days”. to 4 thousand infections a day and we, who have been in 500 for a week, remain in the orange zone ”. The president’s reference is to Veneto.

“The explanation I received is that it takes three weeks to get out of the red zone and two to get out of the orange zone. But the new decree adopted on December 3 is not so strict: so why not take advantage of this opportunity? “. Giani concludes with an appeal to the minister and the prime minister: to gather the control room in the first days of next week, to allow the return to the yellow zone without waiting for Sunday the 20th.

The governor’s concern is also motivated by the fact that – without changes in the situation – December 20 would represent the only Tuscan day in a “normal” yellow, which would also allow movement between regions. In fact, as of the 21st the Christmas decree would impose a new brake on the autonomic overflows. This could lead to a dangerous pre-Christmas “exodus” effect. Trenitalia has already rushed to take countermeasures.

The president asked Minister Speranza for a justification for the stay in the orange zone. And during the day there was also a discussion with the director of the Higher Institute of Health Silvio Brusaferro and with the control room. Confrontation, Giani explains at the end of the day, which took place “with an exchange of data and information. It will continue until Monday because I want all the things they tell us to be able to replicate. I must say that beyond this comparison , which is important, actually we also have to think about the fact that today I see the data for the regions in yellow, starting from Veneto with 5098 infections, in Tuscany there are 597. Tuscany Orange today has a tenth of the infections that we are in Veneto “. “But how can we – added Giani – not see the obvious illogical, unequal treatment of such a situation. However, I will deepen the data with Rome from now until Monday. Let’s see if my call to see the hut reunited.” Leading on Monday or Tuesday “will be welcome and if on that occasion we can” pick up the indication that today comes precisely from reading the data, or that Tuscany can only be in yellow.

Giani also wrote to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, here is the text of the letter:

“Mr. President, Mr. Minister, in consideration of the news confirming the permanence of the Tuscany region in the” orange zone “in accordance with the Decree of the Prime Minister of December 3, 2020, I feel that I must report the bewilderment by the objective meaning of the data that see Tuscany from three weeks with parameters and RT of yellow zone “.

“With reference to the new text, longer than that of the Prime Minister’s Decree of November 3, the need to stay in the indicated area for a period of 14 days is confirmed, unless the control room considers a shorter period appropriate , ex article 2, paragraph 3, of the Decree of the Prime Minister of December 3, 2020 “.

“In this case, I believe that all the conditions are in place for the control room to rapidly evaluate, even as of Monday, December 14, the Tuscan data in a more positive way than what has been done so far. The objective difference of I deal with a Tuscany, which in the first four days of the week had an average of 500 infected per day and regions that are in the yellow zone despite having in some cases even more than 4,000 infected per day ”.

“Today the contradiction that arises from the data for the” orange “Tuscany is clear to everyone when compared with those of the” yellow zone “regions, so this is a call for justice that I would like to express on behalf of the Tuscan citizens “.

“In recent weeks we have worked hard, assuming the responsibility of creating new hospitals, such as the” Covid Toscana center “in Prato inaugurated on December 8 with 191 new beds that will become, with other realities built in Tuscany, in 550 at the end of the month. We have hired 500 fixed-term follow-up workers, which today covers 100 percent of those infected. I do not hide my resentment but I trust, with the greatest respect, in their commitment. “