"Today President Fontana will sign an ordinance for the institution throughout the Province of Brescia and in the municipalities of Viadanica, Predore San Martino, Sarnico, Villongo, Castelli Caleppio, Credaro and Gandosso in the province of Bergamo and Soncino, in the province of Cremona , a reinforced orange zone, which provides in addition to the normal measures of the orange zone, also the closure of kindergartens, elementary and middle schools, the ban on going to second homes, the use of smart working where possible and the closure of the business in presence ".
The Councilor for Welfare of the Lombardy Region, Letizia Moratti, said.
"Considering the latest acceleration - added vice president Moratti speaking to the regional council - in the province of Brescia, with the aggravating circumstance of the variants that are present in the area for 39% of the total cases, we have agreed with the Ministry of Health a strategy of mitigation and containment of the contagion ".
"In Brescia we are obviously facing the third wave"
: this is how Guido Bertolaso said speaking to the Lombardy Regional Council, explaining that the director of the Welfare Department Giovanni Pavesi "has raised the level of attention of resuscitations from three to four" .
"The province of Brescia has an incidence, or a number of new cases, double compared to the rest of the Lombard provinces. At present, the situation is under control and manageable compared to the past autumn, throughout the region, except in province of Brescia, where we are facing the third wave of the pandemic. A state that must be attacked immediately "added Guido Bertolaso.
Already now the resuscitation wards in Brescia are "under stress" and for this reason Areu has "already transported patients to the surrounding areas".