There are those who still open the back of his restaurant and organize dinners with friends and karaoke. Or groups of kids getting drunk in the park. It happens in Brescia, where the coronavirus emergency numbers are truly pitiless. And where, now, the epidemic is growing more than in Bergamo. This was confirmed by the Regional Welfare Councilor Giulio Gallera: we are at 3,785 positive (and 465 deaths, 15% of the national total), plus 484 in a day. The city remains the most affected, with 607 cases and 78 dead, while Orzinuovi, in the Bassa, confirms the country with the highest number of positives: 148, in addition to 28 victims. The progression of mourning is impressive: it has gone from three deaths on March 1 to 465 yesterday. A leap of 15333%.
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«Our September 11th»
The mayor of Brescia, Emilio Del Bono, summarizes the situation as follows: “These days are ours 11 September,” he says announcing a series of measures adopted in the bargain, such as the suspension of nursery and nursery school fees, the shifting of terms payment and a fund with the first 500 thousand euros for citizens in difficulty. “Because for Americans that date represents the collapse of certainties, the pain of an entire community, a psychological blow from the current repercussions,” he says. “And who hasn’t met a sick relative or friend can’t understand. We are experiencing an emergency of enormous proportions, which will change our way of being “. He continues to reiterate it: «We need to tighten the shirts more, differentiate the measures according to the areas and situations, also in Lombardy. It is not possible that there are still many open production activities ». Emilio Del Bono’s voice betrays concern. He, for whom today to act as mayor means in spite of everything «to be strong bulwarks, capable of giving prospects of hope: the more rigorous we are, the sooner we will get out of it together». This is echoed by Mariastella Gelmini, the group leader of Forza Italia in the Chamber: «Brescia, my city, is in great difficulty. I know how much sanitation works, heroes we will never stop thanking. But we too must do our part and stay home. ” Yet outside the emergency room people line up and wait. Michela Bezzi, pneumologist, coordinates a Covid unit and is in the task force of a hub hospital (revolutionized) such as the Civilian: «The characteristics of the disease initially brought infectious disease researchers to the forefront, then, for the most serious cases, resuscitators and us pulmonologists. Now we are all in the trenches, in a situation that is evolving every day and that we expect to reach the climax around March 26 ». Fortunately, the resignation is also increasing.
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The economy
The economic system is also experiencing serious difficulties: Cerved estimates losses of 25 billion for local businesses over the two-year period. Data that go hand in hand with the request to the EU by President Aib, Giuseppe Pasini, so that “proof of force majeure” on supply contracts is recognized that companies will not be able to fulfill due to the closure of the factories.
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