Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte talks about skiing holidays in Italy
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned of a third wave of Coronavirus; Assuring that there will be no ski holidays during Christmas (Christmas).
"It is not possible to allow the holidays to be on the ice because we will face a third wave (of the epidemic)," Conte said.
He added that he had called for "European coordination" in this regard, and this came during recent talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and European Council President Charles Michel.
The President of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia, also protested during his statement to the Corriere della Sera newspaper, saying: “Skiing cannot be banned in South Tyrol (in Italy) and allowed in Carinthia (Austria). Otherwise, it will be an unacceptable joke. "
The province of Veneto and other northern regions, including that of Liguria, demanded the reopening of Italian ski facilities, although this would be according to specific rules to combat the virus, in order to save the winter tourism season.
While Giovanni Totti, President of Liguria, confirmed via Facebook that the closure of ski resorts "will jeopardize 120,000 jobs."
The northern Lombardy region is the Italian region most affected by the pandemic, as it recorded 5,289 new cases of the disease during the past 24 hours.
Italy has become the sixth country in the world, in which the number of deaths exceeds the 50,000 mark, and the second in Europe after Britain.
