(ANSA) - MILAN, 11 JAN - "The direction is certainly that, we hope to be able to stop sooner".
This is how the governor of Lombardy Attilio Fontana replied to the question whether Lombardy is moving towards the orange zone.
"It seems that that is the direction" but "it is difficult to make predictions especially because the Omicron variant is completely different", explained Fontana on the sidelines of the Regional Council.
"The development is not comparable to the old Covid. I do not think we can anticipate, if it was already difficult before now it is even more so", he concluded.
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