"Also this week the data in the Lombardy Region are from the white zone. The incidence index is 23 per 100 thousand, it is the third week that good data of this type are confirmed, so from Monday, we will be in the white zone".
This was stated by the president of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana, on the sidelines of the presentation of the announcement 'Lombardy is of the Youth 20/21 ". If it will be a white zone, added Fontana," we also owe it to the participation of all the people who are vaccinated ".
"Italy - added FOntana - must leave with the utmost promptness" on the green pass which was given the green light by the European Parliament.
"As an attractive country and tourist destination, we need this opportunity that gives extra freedom to those who choose to come to us for the holidays".
"From the first moment we have said that if they give us an additional availability of doses to be allocated to tourists, we are ready to offer the service. It is clear - he added - that it is a complex thing, but the organizational machine we have in place - he assured - he can manage it. It is a question of having the vaccination registries of the regions communicate with each other, ours is already computerized and ready ".
As for the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine even for the youngest segments of the population, Fontana claimed that he had "never held vax Day dedicated to young people, so the problem has not arisen for us. We follow the instructions and given that the indications they suggest not to use AstraZeneca under a certain age we do not use it. At this moment we have other vaccines that we use. However we are always respectful of the indications given to us by the commissioner and the national CTS ".