Giuseppe Conte is under investigation for his handling of Covid-19
Former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has been accused of negligence in managing the Covid-19 crisis.
Giuseppe Conte, quoted by several media outlets including “Il Corriere”, said he was “calm” to the announcement.
AFP
Former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who was in office at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, is under investigation for alleged negligence in managing the health crisis, media reported on Wednesday evening.
According to major daily newspapers including “Il Corriere della Sera,” the public prosecutor’s office of Bergamo, a Lombard city in northern Italy that was one of the main sources of the coronavirus when it arrived in Europe, ended its investigation after three years. Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister from 2018 to 2021 and current leader of the 5 Star Movement (populist opposition), was questioned by a magistrate in June 2020 about his handling of the crisis.
Magistrates suspect Giuseppe Conte and his government underestimated the spread of the virus, although data at his disposal showed the situation in and around Bergamo was rapidly deteriorating, while the police were already ready to isolate these areas from the rest of the country. Country.
“Red Zones”
The judges condemn them for not creating a “red zone” between March 3 and March 9, 2020, covering the two municipalities of Nembro and Alzano Lombardo, in this zone particularly affected by Covid-19.
Bergamo’s public prosecutor’s office alleges that 19 people were targeted by the preliminary investigation, including Giuseppe Conte, his health minister Roberto Speranza, the president of the Lombardy region Attilio Fontana, who is still in office, and his deputy. For health at that time, Giulio Calera.
The first “red zones” were established by a government decision at the end of February 2020 in a dozen Lombard municipalities, in particular the city of Codogno, the “number one of patients”. According to the hypothesis formulated by the Bergamo prosecutors based on scientific expertise, the closure of this part of Bergamo would have saved several thousand lives.
Giuseppe Conte, quoted by many media including “Il Corriere”, responded to the announcement and said, “calm”, “confirmed that he acted with great commitment and great responsibility during one of the most difficult moments we have experienced in the Republic.
AFP
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