A maxi gathering in the historic center of Rome. With smoke bombs, firecrackers, choirs and flags, hundreds of Giallorossi fans gathered on Wednesday evening to celebrate the team’s 94th birthday. The streets of the center have thus transformed into a sort of South Curve with lots of red and yellow smoke bombs lit along the procession. To monitor the party, which takes place every year on the anniversary of the team, the police. A few days after the celebrations for Italy’s victory at the Europeans, the new gathering scenes, with hundreds of people crowded and without masks, have raised reactions in light of the increase in Covid infections that are occurring in the capital. “In this phase of the recovery of infections, especially among young people, every gathering is fuel in the engine of the virus,” said the regional councilor for Health of Lazio, Alessio D’Amato. “These are acts of irresponsibility that risk making us go back,” says the director of Spallanzani Francesco Vaia.
Digos investigations are underway to trace the promoters of the maxi gathering of fans, which would have been launched with a rumble on social media. Checks are also underway to find out who lit smoke bombs during the court: the identified ones will be reported to the Prosecutor’s Office and suitable prevention measures will be applied to them. –