Covid: Sala and de Magistris in Speranza: 'The Ricciardi idea lockdown?'

The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, and that of Naples, Luigi de Magistris

, wrote a

, to ask for clarification on the statements made by the consultant of the ministry, Walter Ricciardi, who spoke of a lockdown " necessary "in the two cities.

"This morning we spoke with the mayor of Naples, Luigi de Magistris, because yesterday the consultant of the Ministry of Health, Professor Ricciardi, evoked a lockdown in Naples and Milan - explained Sala in a video of his social networks -. We wrote to minister to ask him if that is an opinion of his advisor or an opinion of the ministry and, if it was an opinion of the ministry, if it is based on data and information that the ministry has and we do not have ". 

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The mayor, Giuseppe Sala, reiterated this in a video on his social pages.

"It is my responsibility and I think with my head and heart, I look at the data, we have less than 300 ICUs, we have had 1700, they are growing but we are making sacrifices and we will see what happens - he added -. Today there is the issue of keeping the elderly at home, it is brutal but 90% of deaths are those over 70, there is a problem of creating shelter spaces for the asymptomatic, for quarantines and we are working with Ats and the Region".

"There is time for controversy and collaboration but I do not think it is right to lockdown at this point and I say this knowing that there are two parties, even among citizens, there are those who say 'close everything' and who 'can't' ", he concluded.

"I am adopting a bill that provides, together with the restrictive measures already conceived and practiced, the possibility of adopting extensive measures where the government allows to do so, as in the detailed legislation. We claim the right to be able to say, Mr. President of the Council,

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When the central government says it will have to close for 24 hours, then we will not be fooled. "

Thus the governor of Sicily, Nello Musumeci, to Tgcom24.

"We are adopting the bill in the next few hours - he explains - then the Sicilian Parliament will have to approve or reject. And I hope that the central government will take our prerogative into account".

the Parliamentary Committee for the security of the Republic, on the accidents and tensions related to the latest anti-contagion measures.

In fact, in today's session it was decided, among other things, to "hold specific hearings relating to the social tensions that have arisen in recent days".

This was announced by the president of Copasir, Raffaele Volpi.