Monday, March 30, 2020

Italy Fears Mass Looting And Riots As Nationwide Lockdown Extended To April 18

Fmtnews, Covid 19

Bloomberg: Italy Risks Losing Grip in South With Fears of Looting and Riots

As Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte fights to hold Italian society together through a crippling nationwide lockdown, the depressed south is turning into a powder keg.

Police have been deployed on the streets of Sicily’s capital, Palermo, amid reports gangs are using social media to plot attacks on stores. A bankrupt ferry company halted service to the island, including vital supplies of food and medicines. As the state creaks under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic, officials worry the mafia may be preparing to step in.

Preventing unrest in the so-called Mezzogiorno, the underdeveloped southern region that’s long lagged behind the wealthy north, has become the government’s top priority, according to Italian officials who asked not to be named discussing the administration’s strategy.

With the European Union’s most dangerously indebted state already fighting the Germans over the terms of the financial aid it needs, the fallout may reach far beyond Rome if Conte fails.

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Update: ‘We have to eat’: Sicily police crackdown on looting amid coronavirus (AFP)

WNU Editor: Most families have enough to sustain themselves for about a month. After a month, especially for small families of 4 or more, the situation becomes dire. Italy is in that situation right now, and it looks like this lockdown is going to go on into the summer .... Italy's 'very long' lockdown to only end gradually (France 24).

Update #2: The pandemic has cost Italy 10,779 lives, and there are currently 97,689 cases .... Italy’s death toll surpasses 10,000 as prime minister warns of rising ‘nationalist instincts’ (CNBC)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Socialist PM warns of rising ‘nationalist instincts’ ?

Socialist due is looking for a scapegoat.

Simply put the socialist can no longer provide la dolce vita. The have lost the imperium and authoritas.

B.Poster said...

Italy may be at the point where they simply have to open up their economy and allow this virus to run its course. The virus will do what it does and the human immune system will do what it does. It likely won't be pretty. Thrn again the reactions to this by various governments has been ugly indeed.

Anonymous said...

Inevitable even?

Anonymous said...

Why is Italy suffering do much from Chinese Coronavirus? Because the fear of being called "racist" caused Italians to "hug a Chinese" at the suggestion of the Florance mayor and become infected with the chinese virus. Wake up world. If someone accuses you of racism, it is the same as if they assaulted you with a deadly weapon, and should be responded as such.

from https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/explaining-why-italy-has-such-a-huge-problem-with-coronavirus

"A Chinese couple from Wuhan took advantage of these travel opportunities in mid-January, visiting Verona, Parma, and Rome before becoming febrile and quarantined in hospital, testing positive for the virus. How many Italians did this couple encounter in restaurants and shops? The Wuhan virus was well known at the time, yet Italy was unconcerned, with travel and commerce proceeding as usual with China. An Italian virologist observed, “The Italian government lagged at first. It was lazy in the beginning...too much politics in Italy.”

A few weeks later, rather than social distancing, Italian officials recommended social intimacy. The woke Florence mayor encouraged Italians to “hug a Chinese.” How did that work out? How many Italians died of the coronavirus due to Italian political correctness?