by In Trieste
Friuli Venezia-Giulia’s president, Massimiliano Fedriga, called for collective responsibility amid a recent surge of new virus cases, reports local Rai News.
The sight of large crowds of people doing their Christmas shopping and socializing in Trieste this past weekend is cause for alarm, said Massimiliano Fedriga.
“We cannot afford to have a third wave because our hospitals are already packed full,” said president Fedriga in an interview on Monday, December 14.
Vice President Riccardo Riccardi underlined that we are the second region in Italy for the number of cases, but we are also a region that offers most molecular tests for all.
Citing the “intolerable” crowds, Fedriga added: “The measures put in place are aimed at preventing a repeat of what happened this summer. We must be careful, because what happened this summer cannot happen again.”
There is an increased police presence in the main parts of town, such as Piazza Unità, piazza della Borsa and viale XX Settembre, where officers control the flow of crowds at weekends.
