Chinanews.com, July 21. According to a report from the Internet of Europe, Italy, affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Italian catering industry has become one of the industries most severely affected by the epidemic. risk. The Chinese catering industry has fallen into a dilemma between giving up and persisting.
According to reports, on the 20th local time, the health department of the Liguria Region notified that a Japanese restaurant operated by Chinese businessmen in Savona was clustered and infected. As of July 20, the local health department has traced the chain of virus transmission with the restaurant. There are 50 confirmed patients who are related, and the restaurant has been ordered to close by the authorities.
The mass infection incident in Japanese restaurants run by Chinese businessmen originated from the Italian national water polo team member and Olympic champion Matteo Aicardi who came to the restaurant for dinner on July 8. At the time, three nurses from the Pediatric Department of Savona Hospital in Savona were also dining in the restaurant. A few days later, Icardi and three nurses were successively diagnosed with the new crown virus.
Filippo Ansaldi, head of the health department in Savona, said that it is not yet possible to determine who the restaurant’s “case zero” is. At present, the health department has contacted 750 customers who had recently eaten in the restaurant and are currently undergoing virus testing.
According to the report from the health department of Liguria, the Chinese businessmen in the restaurants involved strictly implemented the government's epidemic prevention regulations, and registered the information of all dining customers, which provided great convenience for the tracking and control of the virus transmission chain. The approval and praise of the relevant authorities.
Giovanni Toti, the chairman of the Liguria region, said that because the Japanese restaurants operated by Chinese businessmen registered the names and contact information of dining customers, they played an important role in tracking potential patients and controlling the epidemic.
In fact, the Japanese restaurant operated by Chinese businessmen has a sense of gathering, and the owner has no fault, let alone bear legal responsibility. However, it is undeniable that in just two days, 22 new cases of infection were clustered in the restaurants involved, nearly 1,000 local residents were forced to stay at home, and virus tracking and screening are still in progress.
The catering industry is one of the most important industries that Italian Chinese businessmen are engaged in. Especially in recent years, Chinese businessmen have operated large self-service restaurants that can accommodate hundreds of people, and they have spread all over the Italian cities and towns. Such restaurants usually have an operating area ranging from 500 square meters to thousands of square meters, and the average monthly operating cost is more than 50,000 euros. In the context of the epidemic, it is no easy task for these restaurants to achieve capital preservation. It is self-evident how long they can last.
Recently, in an interview with the media, Laura Castelli, a member of the National Representative of the Italian Five-Star Movement and the deputy minister of the Ministry of Economy, suggested that catering businesses should consider changing their careers and engaging in other business activities. Although Castelli's words have been criticized by the catering industry, they are enough to illustrate the actual situation and depression of the catering industry.
There is no doubt that the Italian restaurant industry is facing an unprecedented depression. The head of the Milan Business Association said that after the catering industry resumed production and work, the average attendance rate has so far failed to reach 20%, and government support and relief are urgently needed. Otherwise, more than half of Italian restaurants will find it difficult to survive this summer.
Italian Chinese businessmen usually need hundreds of thousands or millions of euros to build a large restaurant. Faced with a bleak market environment, they are unwilling to give up their operations. If they continue to operate, they will have to bear unpredictable losses, and they are at risk of detonating group infections at any time. The Chinese catering industry has fallen into a dilemma between giving up and persisting. (Boyuan)