Immediate red zone extension wd have been unreasonable

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 7 - An immediate extension of the COVID-19 red zone at Bergamo to two outlying areas in the early days of Italy's virus pandemic would have been unreasonable, judges said after clearing former premier Giuseppe Conte and former health minister Roberto Speranza of negligent and culpable homicide in the Val Seriana deaths Wednesday.
    Conte was accused by the Bergamo Public Prosecutor's Office of failing to set up a red zone in the Bergamo area in Alzano and Nembro.
    But since 'it does not appear that Prime Minister Conte, before 2 March 2020, had been informed of the situation in the municipalities of Nembro and Alzano Lombardo, according to the indictment, he should have decided on the establishment of the red zone on the same day. And according to the ministers' court this is obviously an unreasonable assumption," said a statement outlining the ruling. (ANSA).