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April 16, 2020 "I think we must go fast", "in any case and in any case we must try to restart life" even if "any kind of recovery" must have "as a necessary precondition that of guaranteeing the health of our citizens. Without this guarantee we will not be willing to do anything. " The president of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana said this, speaking of phase 2, after the coronavirus emergency, in the regional council.
For Fontana, the doctors and nurses who made themselves available for the coronavirus emergency must be stabilized. "2,500 doctors and nurses who have given their willingness to collaborate at this time will have to stabilize," Fontana said of the health workers currently employed on a fixed-term basis, "we will do everything and we are getting to make these relationships permanent." .


But Lombardy's decision to restart production activities on May 4 continues to animate the debate of the last few hours. Not to use half term in stigmatizing this position is the epidemiologist Luigi Lopalco. According to him "Lombardy puts everyone at risk." "If the reopened companies provoke new outbreaks it would be an immeasurable disaster," warns Lopalco in an interview with 'Il Fatto Quotidiano'. Lopalco, appointed by the governor Michele Emiliano responsible of the epidemiological emergencies in Puglia, he fears that all the efforts made so far "may be nullified by choices dictated by logics that do not take into account the seriousness of the pandemic". According to the expert, "the data we still read regarding the situation in Lombardy are all other than comforting "so much so that" the circulation of the new coronavirus is still important and reopening more in that industrial area would mean overloading Milan, which is its core ". Lopalco therefore wonders if" those who decide are well aware what this means "and the risks this entails, because - explains the doctor -" increasing this percentage of movements is very risky I dare "because" the consequent social contacts could generate other outbreaks ".

Sala: from terror to free everyone. Decided by the Region or by Salvini?

The mayor of Milan Beppe Sala also echoes this, who, in an interview published by Repubblica, however, provides a "political" reading of the proposal of the Lombardy region. "Did the Region or Salvini decide? - comments the first citizen - They are going from terror on the number of infections of two days ago to free everyone. A little more balance would not spoil". "I am not against restarting the economy," continues Sala, but "adequate guarantees must be provided for those who will go to work." To bring people back to work, Sala adds, "immunity tests are needed", "in Veneto they are widely practiced", "in Lombardy we are very backward". For this "today I broke the delay and I agreed with the Sacco Hospital to do them independently, let's start with the thousands of ATM staff".


Zampa: the Government could challenge the regional measure

Even the Undersecretary for Health Sandra Zampa, interviewed by Radio Capital, comments politically on Fontana's decision: "Since from the first day it was all a matter of disregarding and contradicting the government, we must ask ourselves if Lombardy is not a political reason to distance itself from the lockdown ".
"If Lombardy decided to reopen from 4 May, the government could appeal the regional measure."

Industrialists Pavia: restarting safely

Meanwhile, the industrialists of Pavia are tracing a possible scenario for the restart of the activities: "Respect for the Safety Protocol signed with the Government and unions on March 14 is the keystone on which to build the reopening of businesses. We adopted it right away, implementing the envisaged security measures, and going even further: we have developed much more stringent protocols, also opening up to serological tests to check for the presence of antibodies that are preparing at San Matteo ". Of the industrialists of Pavia, Daniele Cerliani. "Respect for the Protocol must be the necessary and sufficient condition for a company to reopen - explained Cerliani -. The safety of our workers is imperative. Without security there is no job, without work there is no future ". For the industrialists of Pavia the solution can no longer be based on Ateco codes.


"The solution is to allow companies that are safe for their most precious resource to reopen immediately: their workers - continued the vice president - We look with great interest at the initiative of the Lombardy Region which asked the Government to give the green light to production activities from 4 May. Hear the engines gradually and safely, already before May 4th. Globally, the economy suffers from a generalized recession. We are ready to face a situation that will accompany us in the coming months. "More." New normal "resumption declined according to 4 D: Safety distance, Devices to be made available to companies, Digitization - the smart working that we have in Pavia applied immediately where possible, and Diagnosis with serological tests. But it is necessary to restart and restart the activity, but it is not just restarting the engines that have been off for weeks - he concluded -. Recovery must mean the ability, also political, to put workers back at the center, it means reforming the support mechanism for companies, it means innovation and health, it means simplifying bureaucracy and acting with timing and efficiency, it means taking care of the territory and infrastructure. This is our recovery, this is taking back the job, this is the solution to start again stronger and more capable than before. " 

Ascani: maximum precaution is an obligation

" We are still in full epidemic, the number of deaths makes an impression. The maximum precaution is not a choice but an obligation, especially in Lombardy. "Anna Ascani, deputy minister of education, in" Agora '"on Raitre talks about the' restart 'invoked by many regions." It is clear that we must think that what happens when we can start again, we are doing it right with the Regions - Ascani recalled - but we cannot afford to take the risk of starting again, canceling all the efforts made in haste or imprudence would be a disgrace ".



Salvini: from Lombardia of great concreteness

"A great sign of concreteness arrived from Lombardy yesterday. There is the health crisis but there is also great concern about what will happen tomorrow for the economy. I am happy that the Lombardy Region has given a signal of hope and restart to all of Italy, obviously respecting the health rules. Staying closed for another week is unsustainable, it risks leading the country to economic and cultural death. "Lega Matteo Salvini said to Rtl 102.5 microphones, regarding yesterday's proposal by the Lombardy Region on phase two from May 4. "Many listeners after five weeks of forced cloister want to go out and breathe and produce again," he added. In other countries they have reopened, I would not want anyone to compete and trade war against Italy, and after the virus starved to death ".