The tribunal of ministers in Rome on
Wednedday shelved the cases of ex premier Giuseppe Conte and
former ministers Roberto Speranza, Luciana Lamorgese, Lorenzo
Guerini, Luigi Di Maio, Roberto Gualtieri and Alfonso Bonafede
after they were placed under investigation after complaints
filed by associations of COVID-19 victims relatives, consumers
and some trade unions over their management of the early days of
the pandemic in and around the northern city of Bergamo in early
2020.
The ex-premier and former ministers had been accused of
negligently causing a massacre after a prosecutor's report said
over 4,000 deaths could have been saved if the initial red zone
had been extended from Bergamo to outlying areas including
another two towns.
They were under investigation for culpable epidemic and
manslaughter after complaints envisaging "inefficencies and
delays by the government in the adoption of organizational and
restrictive measures necessary to tackle the COVID emergency".
The ex-premier and minister accused the expert who drew up the
prosecutor's report, microbiologist Andrea Crisanti, of being
biased.
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