There is no proof that COVID-19 deaths
could have been averted if a red zone at Bergamo had been
extended to two outlying areas at the start of the pandemic in
Italy, ministerial judges said in dropping manslaughter charges
against former premier Giuseppe Conte and former health minister
Roberto Speranza Wednesday.
Shelving the case against the two ex officials, the Court of
Minister said: "First of all, it must be said that the documents
completely lack evidence that the 57 people indicated in the
indictment, who were alleged to have died due to the failure to
extend the red zone to the municipalities of Alzano Lombardo and
Nembro, in the Bergamo area, are among the 4,148 excess deaths
that would not have occurred if the (wider) red zone had been
activated".
Conte and Speranza were investigated by the Bergamo Public
Prosecutor's Office for culpable epidemic and multiple culpable
homicide for the management of the Covid-19 emergency in the Val
Seriana area in early 2020.
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