The claim that confused Italy: the government’s decision caused the death of 4 thousand people

In the said period, the investigation into allegations that epidemic measures were delayed in and around the province of Bergamo in the Lombardy region, where the virus spread rapidly and thus increased loss of life, was completed. on March 1, while details of the investigation began to appear in the press.

According to Italian media reports, the investigation by the Bergamo General Prosecutor’s Office focused on the fact that the towns of Nembro and Alzano, near Bergamo, where the virus was spreading rapidly at the time, were not quarantined with the “red zone”. “.

It was said that prosecutors included in the preliminary investigation report that more than 4,000 deaths could have been prevented if the two villages in question had been placed under quarantine in February 2020, not March.

It was reported in the press that the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, who was among the 19 suspects in the investigation, signed a decree to quarantine these two towns, but the Prime Minister at the time, Giuseppe Conte, whose name was among the suspects, did not sign this decree.

Giuseppe Conte, then prime minister and currently leader of the 5 Star Movement, told ANSA today: “I am completely calm regarding the investigation.” saying.

Recalling that his government was criticized for not taking strict enough measures at the time, Conte said: “We did our best by working day and night. They accused us of everything and the opposite of everything. At that time, I was denounced to the Italian prosecutors for shutting everything down and being the person who killed freedom. Now, accusations are being made for not closing it down enough.” he used his statements.

WHAT HAPPENED?

In the early days of the epidemic in Italy, the prime minister of the coalition government, which consisted of the 5 Star Movement (M5S)-Democratic Party (PD)-Free and Equal (LeU) parties, Conte first began on 8 of March. 2020 to prevent the rapid increase in the number of cases and the spread of the epidemic. In , the Lombardy region and 14 northern cities were placed in the “red zone”. Following this decision, as people from the cities in question flocked to the south that same night fearing an indefinite lockdown, Conte declared an Italy-wide quarantine on March 9, 2020 and brought a travel restriction.

According to data from the Italian Ministry of Health, more than 27 thousand people died from Covid-19 in February-March-April 2020, which is officially accepted as the first period of the Covid-19 epidemic that began. in February 2020. The Lombardy region, which was the center of the epidemic at the time, led the loss of life. In the Lombardy Region, especially in the city of Bergamo, on March 18 and 19, 2020, due to the high number of deaths due to the epidemic, the images in which military trucks carried the bodies out of the city were recalled. .

It was announced to the public that the Bergamo General Prosecutor’s Office in Italy completed its investigation, which it has been conducting for 3 years, into the measures taken or not taken by the government of the time in the first wave of the epidemic, on March 1.

With the completion of the investigation, the association founded by those who lost their relatives to Covid-19 said: “From today, the story of the massacre in Bergamo and Lombardy, the story of our families, the story that caused our losses. are being rewritten. What happened in the spring of 2020 is not because of Covid-19, but because of decisions made or not.” he had made the statement.