Soccer stadiums reopening, Locatelli: "We must act very carefully"

2020-09-25T10:32:55.688Z

"My opinion from a purely medical point of view is that there is no doubt that the reopening of the stadiums presents situations and connotations of criticality and potential risk that cannot be underestimated. It is a complex situation that I believe deserves attention in the evaluation and I also believe significant caution, in a phase in which we proceeded with the reopening of schools which was the country's priority ". This was stated by Franco Locatelli, president of the Higher Health Council and member of the CTS, on the question of the further reopening of the stadiums to the public. "We need to be a little more cautious on an aspect that is certainly important in the social life of many people who are passionate about football - he stressed - but which is not as essential as school is. So, personally I would be particularly cautious". Fedriga: "In Friuli Venezia Giulia stadiums with a thousand spectators" "Not full stadiums but stadiums with people. We will make a thousand people stay". This is the orientation declared today in Trieste, on the sidelines of a conference, by the governor of Fvg Massimiliano Fedriga for a new ordinance that authorizes all professional teams to play their matches with a maximum of one thousand spectators. Fornaro: "We need caution now more than ever" "While the coronavirus in Europe hits France, Spain and Great Britain hard, our country is praised for reacting strongly and reversing the trajectory of the epidemic. Covid 19 is not yet defeated and therefore maximum prudence and responsibility is necessary ". This was stated by the group leader of Leu Federico Fornaro. "The exit from this pandemic is still long. The raising of the contagion curve confirms the correctness of the choice made in July by the Government to extend the state of emergency, with all due respect to the instrumental controversies of the opposition. The response to the growth of Covid. 19 must be national and coordinated between all institutional levels, not as is happening on stadiums ". Codacons: "We will denounce those who reopen the stadiums to 25%" "If the proposal to open the stadiums to 25% of capacity is accepted, Codacons is ready to denounce the Government and the Regions for the crime of competing in an epidemic". The president of Codacons, Carlo Rienzi, says so. “This is a crazy idea that, if implemented, would have very heavy repercussions on the public health front. Beyond the physical presence of fans inside the stadiums, which is already risky in itself, there is the problem of what would happen outside the sports facilities during matches, with inevitable gatherings of people and an increase in the possibility of contagion between citizens. ".