(ANSA) - MILAN, NOVEMBER 05 - "False news is spreading that creates confusion and a state of uncertainty and agitation in Lombard citizens that we certainly do not need, the ordinance signed yesterday by Minister Speranza decreed the red zone throughout the regional territory without any possibility of derogation ": the president of Lombardy Attilio Fontana said so.
"Only later - he added - after at least 2 weeks on the basis of the evolution of the situation is it possible for the regional presidents to ask for measures to ease certain territories".
"This interpretation of the dpcm - explained Fontana - was confirmed to me yesterday by telephone by the same minister" In the press point, the regional president also took the opportunity to say "to the Lombard citizens, who have already made sacrifices, that we must hold on for a while longer, to the entrepreneurs who will suffer another severe blow from the lockdown I guarantee that I will not take a step back until the government has disbursed the promised resources and carried out the refreshments ".
Fontana concluded his statement by thanking "the health staff on whom the most tiring work weighs once again" (ANSA).