(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 14 - The finance police on Thursday seized
documents from some offices of the health ministry and the
Higher Health Institute (ISS), source said.
The operation is linked to a Bergamo investigators looking into
any potential criminal responsibility in the handling of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The province of Bergamo was the hardest hit in Italy by the
first wave of the coronavirus.
The seized documents regarded the nation's pandemic plan of
2017, the sources said.
Police also seized documents from the offices of Lombardy
regional government. (ANSA).
COVID: police seize documents from health ministry
Bergamo investigation looking at response to pandemic