Angelo Borrelli
Head of the Civil Protection
In office
8 August 2017 – 26 February 2021
Preceded byFabrizio Curcio
Succeeded byFabrizio Curcio
Extraordinary Commissioner for the
COVID-19 Emergency
In office
31 January 2020 – 18 March 2020
Prime MinisterGiuseppe Conte
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDomenico Arcuri (de facto)
Personal details
Born (1964-11-18) 18 November 1964
Santi Cosma e Damiano, Lazio, Italy
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Cassino
ProfessionTax advisor

Angelo Borrelli (born 18 November 1964) is an Italian government official, who served as Head of the Civil Protection, from 8 August 2017 until 26 February 2021.[1]

Biography

Borrelli was born in Santi Cosma e Damiano, near Latina in Lazio region. He graduated in economics at the University of Cassino, becoming auditor and tax advisor.[2]

Leading member of Civil Protection

In 2000 he entered the National Office for Civil Service. In 2002 he was appointed executive of the Civil Protection Department, the government body in Italy that deals with the prediction, prevention and management of exceptional events. From 2010 to August 2017 he served as Deputy Head of the Civil Protection, and when Fabrizio Curcio resigned, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni appointed him new Head of the Civil Protection.[3]

As Head of the Civil Protection he had to face the reconstruction after the August 2016 Central Italy earthquake, which was still to be completed.

COVID-19 pandemic

On 31 January, the Italian Council of Ministers appointed Borrelli Extraordinary Commissioner for COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]

Borrelli during the emergency

In early 2020, Italy became one of the world's main centres for confirmed cases of COVID-19.[6] As of September 2020, more than 270,000 coronavirus cases were confirmed, affecting mainly Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto and Piedmont.[7]

In late January, the government banned all flights from and to China, becoming the first European country to adopt this measure.[8] On 22 February, the Council of Ministers announced a bill to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, quarantining more than 50,000 people from 11 different municipalities in Northern Italy. Prime Minister Conte stated: "In the outbreak areas, entry and exit will not be provided. Suspension of work activities and sport events has already been ordered in those areas."[9]

Schools were closed in 10 municipalities in Lombardy, one in Veneto and in Emilia-Romagna. In some areas, all public events were cancelled and commercial activities were halted.[10] Regional train services suspended the stops in the most affected areas – with trains not stopping at Codogno, Maleo and Casalpusterlengo stations.[11][12] Universities in Lombardy suspended all activities from 23 February.[13][14][15]

On 8 March 2020, on the advice of the Civil Protection scientific committee, Prime Minister Conte extended the quarantine to all of Lombardy and 14 other northern provinces, putting more than a quarter of the national population under lockdown.[16] On the following day, he announced in a press conference that all measures previously applied only in the so-called "red zones" had been extended to the whole country, putting de facto 60 million people in lockdown. He later proceeded to officially sign the executive decree.[17][18] This measure was described as the largest lockdown in human history.[19][20][21][22]

On 16 March 2020, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte appointed Domenico Arcuri as Extraordinary Commissioner for the Implementation and Coordination of the Measures to Contain and Combat the Epidemiological Emergency COVID-19.[23] Arcuri replaced de facto Borrelli at the head of the committee responsible in dealing with the health emergency.

On 26 February 2021, he was replaced at the head of the Civil Protection by Fabrizio Curcio.[24]

References

  1. ↑ Chi è Angelo Borrelli, nominato Commissario per l'emergenza coronavirus
  2. ↑ Angelo Borrelli nuovo capo Protezione civile: “Continuità”
  3. ↑ Curcio lascia a sorpresa la Protezione Civile, Gentiloni nomina Borrelli
  4. ↑ Chi è Angelo Borrelli, nominato Commissario per l'emergenza coronavirus
  5. ↑ Coronavirus, Angelo Borrelli commissario straordinario: potrà anche requisire gli hotel
  6. ↑ "Coronavirus, Italia prima in Europa per numero di contagi: è caccia ai focolai". Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  7. ↑ online, Simona Ravizza e redazione (2020-02-22). "Coronavirus, due casi a Milano". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  8. ↑ "Coronavirus, primi due casi confermati in Italia: sono turisti cinesi a Roma. Chiuso il traffico aereo con la Cina". Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Coronavirus, decreto del governo: nei comuni focolaio stop ad ingressi ed uscite. Conte: "Non trasformeremo l'Italia in un lazzaretto"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2020-02-22. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  10. ↑ online, Redazione (2020-02-21). "Quali sono i Comuni che hanno chiuso le scuole per il Coronavirus". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  11. ↑ online, Redazione (2020-02-22). "Coronavirus, treni fermi per ore a Lecce e Milano. I convogli non-fermano nei Comuni a rischio del Lodigiano". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  12. ↑ "Coronavirus, per una settimana didattica sospesa nelle università lombarde. Comune di Milano e grandi aziende: i lavoratori a rischio restano a casa". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2020-02-22. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  13. ↑ "news.unipv – Coronavirus: Sospensione delle attività didattiche dal 24/2 all'1/03". news.unipv (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  14. ↑ "Coronavirus: misure urgenti per la comunità universitaria | Università degli Studi di Milano Statale". www.unimi.it. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  15. ↑ "Sospensione precauzionale delle attività didattiche | Università degli studi di Bergamo". www.unibg.it. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  16. ↑ "Coronavirus: Northern Italy quarantines 16 million people". BBC. 8 March 2020. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  17. ↑ "All of Italy is in lockdown as coronavirus cases rise". Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  18. ↑ "Coronavirus: Italian PM extends lockdown to entire country". Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  19. ↑ "On Day 1 of Broad Lockdown, a Debate Arises: Can Italians Follow the Rules?". Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  20. ↑ Lyons, Kim (7 March 2020). "Italy locks down northern region in response to coronavirus outbreak". The Verge. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  21. ↑ Horowitz, Jason (7 March 2020). "Italy Locks Down Much of the Country's North Over the Coronavirus". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  22. ↑ To contain coronavirus, Italy will restrict movement across much of its northern region, including the city of Milan Archived 9 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine, The Washington Post, Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli, 7 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  23. ↑ Gazzetta Ufficiale, www.gazzettaufficiale.it
  24. ↑ Draghi nomina Curcio capo Protezione Civile, Il Sole 24 Ore
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