The investigation targets key figures in the previous government, including former prime minister Giuseppe Conte and former health minister Roberto Speranza.
Italian justice is conducting an investigation against former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and former Health Minister Roberto Speranza, for dealing with the first phase of the new coronavirus pandemic.
The news was broadcast by public television Rai, adding that the investigation is being carried out in Bergamo and concerns, among others, the president of the Lombardy region Attilio Fontana, the president of the Supreme Health Foundation Silvio Bruzzaferro and the former head of the Italian Civil Protection Angelo Borelli.
The case is related to the measures taken three years ago to deal with the pandemic in the Bergamo region. Italian justice will examine whether an epidemic was caused by negligence, multiple homicide by negligence and whether there was a refusal to take decisions to protect public health.
As the newspaper La Stampa writes, in the wider area of ​​Bergamo from the end of February to April 2020, 6,000 more deaths were recorded than the average of previous years due to COVID-19.
It remains to be seen whether the investigation will lead to prosecution or whether it will go on the record.
Former Prime Minister Conte and former Health Minister Speranza said they were ready to cooperate with justice, stressing that they made decisions with the sole aim of protecting citizens’ health.
Source :Skai
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