China News Service, July 13 (Xinhua) According to the European Union, quoting the Europa News Agency, the Lombardy region of Italy was the region most affected by the new crown epidemic. Despite the stabilization of the epidemic now, the Italian tourism department said that residents of Lombardy still suffered invisible discrimination in the post-epidemic era, and some hotels even refused to stay in the area.
On May 26 local time, tourists visited the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, Italy.
As of July 12, the total number of confirmed cases in Lombardy has reached 95049 cases, 16748 deaths, 70297 patients cured, and 8004 existing cases.
According to reports, the city of Codonio in Lodi Province, Lombardy, was hit hard by the epidemic and became one of the first blocked towns in Western countries.
However, in the post-epidemic period, with the restoration and opening of Italian tourist attractions, the residents of Cordono began to arrange vacations as in previous years, but when booking hotels, they found that many hotel operators in Italy’s popular summer tourist attractions have The hotel reservations of the city residents were rejected.
A week ago, Pasolini, the mayor of Cordonio, and his family booked a hotel in the Tuscany region to go on vacation through the hotel reservation platform. Recently, Pasellini received a notice from the hotel that their confirmed order was rejected by the hotel. Pasellini believes that the reason for the rejection was most likely because he came from the severely affected area.
Pasellini said that some local residents have similarly reflected that residents from the severely affected areas are suffering from an invisible discrimination and exclusion. In fact, the current infection rate in Codonio is almost zero, but for Italy and Europe, Codonio has become a synonym for "new coronavirus epidemic area".
On June 1, local time, the Colosseum reopened in Rome, the capital of Italy. For epidemic prevention, visitors are required to wear masks, measure body temperature and disinfect their hands when entering the venue.
A couple from Lombardy also complained to the media that their hotel booking was cancelled. They believe that the hotel operator saw that the booker's place of residence was Lombardy, and borrowed the room to fill up and refused their order, and the Internet still shows that the hotel has a room.
Giuseppe Pantaleo, a social psychologist at the University of San Rafael in Italy, said that in the era of coexistence of humans and viruses, the phenomenon of social discrimination caused by people's judgment and fear of epidemic risk is increasing. In this regard, the government should strengthen legislation to reduce and eliminate discrimination caused by the epidemic. At the same time, the media and public opinion should be properly guided. (Boyuan)