The Minister for Regional Affairs Francesco Boccia , at "The Interview of Maria Latella" on Sky TG24, reiterated that " the measures expiring on April 3 will inevitably be lengthened . The time will be decided by the Council of Ministers on the basis of an investigation carried out by the scientific community. I think that at this moment talking about reopening is inappropriate and irresponsible. We all want to return to normal, but first we have to turn on one switch at a time ".
"We are still in the midst of the epidemic. It would be a serious mistake to drop our guard right now," says Health Minister Roberto Speranza . "It would end up - says the Minister of Health - to frustrate what has been done to date. The sacrifices of these weeks are serious". "Epidemiologists say that the first effects of containment can be seen. However, we are not yet changing the phase. Time and graduality will be needed," he warns.
Then a new controversy broke out between the Lombardy Region and the government . "If autonomy is subsidiarity, it's an account - says Boccia - if autonomy is doing it yourself because you think you do better, the answer is 'no because you collapse'. No region would have made it by itself, they would have collapsed all, "added Boccia. As for the controversy over masks and fans, Boccia stressed that the organization of Health is regional, "but if there were no state there would be almost nothing except the things that were in the deposits, even modest and small enough on the territories" .
"Rash and inopportune": the president of Lombardy Attilio Fontan chose these two adjectives to define the words of the Minister of Regional Affairs Francesco Boccia. "I invite Minister Boccia to do the reverse reasoning. What would be the situation in the country if the Regions had not faced the emergency even in the phase of underestimating the risk that gripped the Government for days and days? - he replied - Just think that in Lombardy we have activated almost 1000 intensive therapies to be used for emergencies and we are working across the board also with regard to other needs. Such as the finding of masks and fans ".
"I stop here - he added - because at this moment the energies must be concentrated in other more serious directions. I still find the statements of Minister Boccia rash and inappropriate, especially as regards Lombardy."
The government is "incapable of managing ordinariness, let alone the emergency" , replies the Lombardy councilor for the budget Davide Caparini. "When Boccia says that no region would have made it on his own he says a heresy. If we count our dead, it is also because of a government that did not make the red zones when and where we asked for them. We asked for it with the science support: we begged to do the shutdown after 2 weeks ".
"To say that in this emergency phase Covid-19 no one can do it alone is not a criticism of the Regions but it is simple realism . I repeat it, nobody does it alone. Neither do we". So the minister Boccia at the Verona airport to welcome the Albanian doctors, where the president of the Lombardy Region was waiting for him. "We are in Verona with the Albanian health workers who will be in the ward in Brescia tonight. We say thank you. With the Regions we work hand in hand and if we are here today it is also to help those who need it most".
