Alarm in the Senate after two senators of the Five Star Movement, Francesco Mollame and Marco Croatti – tested positive for Covid-19.
All committee meetings have been canceled and the premises are being sanitized. Also skips the hearing of the Minister of Education, Lucia Azzolina, on the Recovery Fund. Confirmed, however, the presence of the minister in the Chamber for the question time.
Buffers for all parliamentarians of the Five Stars movement. Anti-Covid test also for the officials of the M5S group.
The words of the two positive senators
“This virus is a really bad beast. But what does not kill, strengthens ”. The senator of the 5 Star Movement writes it Francesco Mollame in a post on Facebook in which he thanks for the good wishes received, after having tested positive for Covid.
“When you are very ill and isolated, even a simple greeting gives strength, does not make you feel alone … inspires a smile – he adds – I confess that I have been lucky in my life having never suffered from serious diseases .. never been so bad”. The senator also thanked “those who work on the front line and those who have worked for months to prepare all the measures necessary to fight this planetary enemy. We rely on their commitment and their work ”.
“The swab I carried out yesterday gave a positive result. For fairness to everyone and for the journalists who will try to call me, I inform you that Thursday I took part in the assembly of senators of the 5 Star Movement, wearing a mask and respecting the social distancing towards those present “. He writes it on Facebook Marco Croatti, one of the two M5s senators who tested positive for Covid.
“Since Monday afternoon I have been in quarantine at home: I again invite all of you who follow me to have maximum caution, because only by respecting all together the indications given to us will we be able to get the better of this virus”, he adds.
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