Phase 2, arrivals in Naples. For the mayor, swabs are needed for everyone. De Magistris, instead from De Luca only thermoscanners and quarantine.
“In light of the announced exodus of people to the South, I asked the presidents of the regions involved, both upstream and downstream, to carry out swabs for all those who will arrive in Naples from tomorrow, by any means, to reach their home or residence. I asked this to protect the health of travelers, their loved ones and our fellow citizens,” wrote the mayor, Luigi de Magistris, on Facebook, adding: “We must prevent the resumption of the infection, avoid what happened on March 8, when so many people came to the South without checks.” But, the former prosecutor notes, De Luca “has provided for the detection of temperatures and rapid tests only for those with a fever above 37,5, in addition to yet another quarantine. After 2 months of pandemic, with all the millions they have spent, we would have hoped for swabs for all travelers, in order to prevent an increase in infections. On the contrary, in this way, asymptomatic people, those with few symptoms, those clinically recovered but still positive, in short, the most dangerous ones, will not be identified".
“All of these will risk infecting their family members who, by leaving their homes, could spread the infection,” the mayor adds in the Facebook post. And, still referring to governor De Luca, he writes: “From those who had evoked the closure of the borders, I would have finally expected a shared ordinance: swabs for all people arriving in Naples. And instead no. Again, indeed, a flood of ordinances that have so far also increased the risk of spreading the infection. Institutional schizophrenia: first no home delivery, then yes but only certain times, then only certain categories, then no takeaway, then yes takeaway. Runners yes with a mask, then no because they cannot run without a mask, then yes, but only for two hours. Walking only near home and only at certain times, then no longer only near home and without times. Markets first perhaps, then no. Ordinances that contradict each other made by the same person a few hours apart from each other.” "Finally, after weeks of a lack of common sense, someone will have explained to the ordinance-thrower that if you set tight hours and restrict the places, you create more gatherings. So far, thanks above all to the conduct of the Neapolitans, respectful of the quarantine, and of the health personnel to whom we owe immense gratitude, the contagion has been contained, despite not having promptly provided us with masks and safety devices, despite the small number of swabs (the last in Italy) and despite the dismantling of public health facilities that expose the lives of thousands of people to risk. In these last sectors, ordinances were needed. And instead, no," says the mayor of Naples.
Article published on May 3, 2020 - 13:23 pm
