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09 August 2020 "I think that closing everything was a very right choice that saved the country from the highest wave and saved many lives. The total lockdown strategy allowed us to stop the virus before it invaded the South. The seroprevalence data they prove it ". In an interview with the Corriere della Sera, the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza claims the choices made by the government and invites us to prepare for an "autumn of resistance", because the virus has not disappeared, and urges children to be cautious and to respect basic rules, because all schools will have to reopen on September 14, and the sacrifices required of them have this objective. "If we hold firm on the measures we can avoid new closures. But we must calibrate every move with great prudence" he specifies.

Then he adds that until the emergency is over he will not chase anyone on the controversy. "Until this emergency is over I will not pursue anyone on the controversy. Salvini? I think people have fully understood how things went. It was said that we could not do as in China and instead the democratic system has held up".

"An autumn of resistance"
It will be "an autumn of resistance, because the virus has not disappeared and, pending more certain treatments and vaccines, we must continue to manage the risk. It is clear that the autumn months worry me more," he says Hope and confirmation that "Italy is better off than other countries". But "not being worried would be reckless, nothing can be taken for granted". The alarm comes from the numbers. France has almost 2,500 cases a day, Spain is around 2,000, Germany has steadily exceeded a thousand cases. "We are not a lost island in the Mediterranean, we are immersed in this system of relationships", he says.

"Schools must reopen on September 14"
"They must reopen on September 14" underlines Speranza, speaking of schools. "On September 14 they all have to reopen, 100%," he says. For the minister, the "indispensable" goal is to return to the banks "and since zero risk does not exist, we must be cautious elsewhere and choose what to give up". Should ten million children, teachers and parents who return to move be scary? "No, but it is a number that forces us to be even more cautious on other aspects, to accumulate a little more advantage in view of the reopening". No football championship? "I am a big fan, even suffering enough for the destinies of my Rome - laughs Hope -. But with all due respect, between accompanying my son to the stadium and taking him to school, I prefer the second. He has to do the fifth grade and I want that he does it in the presence, like all students ". Then he adds: "I understand the discomfort and I don't want to appear like a teacher, but the sacrifices that I ask of the boys on the metro distance in trains or on the nightlife have school as their basic objective. Don't talk to me about anything else. After all, we don't ask young people not to leave the house, we only ask you to wear masks, wash your hands, stay at a distance and avoid crowds. This is compatible with enjoying the summer ".