Italy's covid inquiry
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:14 am
Meanwhile, as Covid-19 rapidly spread and regional and national authorities locked horns over whether to quarantine the Lombardy region, a WhatsApp exchange between regional health officials Aida Andreassi and Marco Salmoiraghi implies an attempt by leaders to withhold the truth about the severity of the situation.Bergamo registered 6,000 excess deaths during the first wave of the virus, and prosecutors say 4,000 could have been prevented had the province been immediately quarantined.