"We have faced and still face a terrible pandemic, which has shocked the whole world and has threatened the life of each of us. The city and the province of Brescia have been among the most affected in the whole of Europe, paying a very high price. high in terms of human lives and suffering ".
This was written by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, in a letter sent to the Giornale di Brescia on the day of his visit to the city which begins at 11 in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Medicine for the inauguration of the academic year.
"Solidarity - wrote the Head of State - is a strong resource and has allowed us to resist, to fight, to help, and today allows us to look up to plan for tomorrow. Brescia holds these values in its DNA. he testified in the most difficult moments, when desperation threatened to stifle the hope which, fortunately, is irreducible in the soul of the people and in the life of the communities ".