The assessment of damage to and
monitoring of schools in the area hit by a major earthquake in
late August and again by two quakes yesterday has been ongoing
since the first incident, Education Minister Stefania Giannini
said Thursday on the sidelines of an event in Naples.
"It is now a case of understanding whether this latest
incident, which thus far has not had such a major effect on
human lives as the one two months ago did, has led to damage or
situations that require extensive verification," she said.
She added that the government had - through a decree signed
two weeks ago - allocated 15 million euros after the August 24
earthquake specifically for the school buildings in the area.
The first quake killed 298 people. The latest two did not
kill anyone, apart from a man who had a heart attack.
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