Campania Governor Vincenzo De Luca
said Thursday that Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese has
agreed to send an Army contingent to help control a coronavirus
hotspot in the town of Mondragone, in the province of Caserta.
The authorities created a 'red zone' by sealing off the area
after 49 people living in abandoned buildings, which belonged to
the Cirio food group, tested positive for COVID-19.
The authorities have reportedly lost track of some of the people
who have tested positive.
A group of Bulgarian nations living in the abandoned buildings
breached the limits of the red zone in protest on Thursday
before police managed to get them back inside.
"This morning I spoke to Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese
about the red zone set up at the former Cirio buildings in
Mondragone," said De Luca.
"I requested the urgent dispatch of a hundred members of the
forces of law and order to ensure rigorous control of the area.
The minister announced the arrival of an Army contingent".
The Mondragone hotspot is not the only situation of concern.
Some 40 employees of Bologna's Bertolini transport-and-delivery
firm have contacted the coronavirus too.
The company has closed a warehouse but has not halted activity.
The authorities are considering conducting swabs on all the
firm's employees.
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