(ANSA) – PESCARA, MAR 9 – The director general and the health
director of the local health agency in the Abruzzo coastal city
of Pescara have been placed under investigation in a probe into
the exponential growth of COVID-19 infections in and around the
Adriatic city in the last few weeks, judicial sources said
Tuesday.
The health executives, Vincenzo Ciamponi and Antonio Caponetti,
are under investigation on suspicion of causing a culpable
epidemic and abuse of office, the sources said.
NAS health police have already collected documents in the probe.
Ciamponi said he had been notified of the probe and voiced the
utmost confidence in the work of the magistrature. (ANSA).