"Today I sign an ordinance that extends all measures until 15 October, the expiration date of the emergency state, and leaves a 'window' for August 8" in relation to the dpcm that will be issued by the government. This was announced by the governor of Veneto Luca Zaia. "As I imagine there will be news in the cruise industry and also in relation to other sectors - he explains, underlining that Veneto is thinking about a protocol and experimental guidelines for cruises - we left the window of August 8th: if nothing happens we go ahead until mid-October. "
For the governor of Veneto "clinically we are not in an emergency right now ". " We caught the 131 positives - explains Zaia referring to the new cases of positivity at Covid, among which the 132 positives (131 migrants and a cultural mediator) found in the reception center of the former Serena Barracks in Casier , in the Treviso area. - because we had found three symptoms ". Zaia points out that there are a total of 45 outbreaks in Veneto.
The community "must have peace of mind" that from the Casier Migrant Center "you cannot go out and you can't go in to go get the virus" specified Zaia. "The Venetians have spent months indoors at home - he points out, alluding to the protests of some migrants for isolation - I don't understand why these gentlemen are already raising their voices because they want to go out. Here you can see if the state exists or not". According to Zaia "it remains understood that structures such as the former Serena barracks and others in the Veneto region must be decommissioned . It is now certified that this hospitality system is bankrupt, it is socially, culturally, health, economically, in all senses ".
A total of 1,228,224 swabs have been made in the region in the Veneto region so far, and the total of positives since the start of the pandemic has reached 20,120. There are 3,740 people in isolation, 136 more than yesterday. There are 117 hospitalized (31 positive, the remaining negative), 6 people remain in intensive care and the deaths have grown by one unit compared to yesterday (the total is 2,074). Finally, the resigned are 6 more.
The situation in Piedmont is also worrying, where in the last week the new cases of positivity at Covid-19 have almost doubled due to the outbreak among the seasonal workers of Saluzzo and cases imported from other Regions and from abroad as reported by the President of the Region , Alberto Cirio , on the occasion of the signing of the protocol with the unions for the birth of a permanent table on health. The data will be contained in the report on the last week that the Ministry of Health will transmit today on the monitoring of Phase two.
"The average RT - Cirio clarified - remained below 1. New cases have gone from 35 last week (13-19 July, ed.) To 73 in the week between 20 and 26 July. These are numbers which bring Piedmont back to the levels of the first half of July ". "The increase - he explained - is due to an important outbreak in Saluzzo, with 16 asymptomatic cases in a community that also includes seasonal fruit, and 12 other cases (including 7 symptomatic and 5 asymptomatic) imported, 9 of which from abroad ".
In Sardinia, meanwhile, the number of positive Covid-19 cases ascertained since the beginning of the emergency has risen to 1,404. The latest update of the Regional Crisis Unit recorded 10 positive cases, attributable to migrants who arrived in the island in recent days. The number of victims remained unchanged, 134. A total of 106,345 swabs were performed. There are three patients hospitalized, none in intensive care, while 30 are people in home isolation. The progressive data of positive cases includes 1,234 patients recovered, plus 3 others clinically cured. On the territory, of the 1,404 positive cases ascertained overall, 261 were detected in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari, 116 in Southern Sardinia, 61 in Oristano, 83 in Nuoro, 883 in Sassari.