02:04Huge queues formed outside testing stations in Milan ahead of the Christmas celebrations on Friday.
Residents had to wait for hours due to the high demand and the lack of health personnel.
"The portal we use to prescribe tests no longer allows us to do so in a short time. In fact, we arrive at times that touch the beginning of the year. It doesn't work because there are no more places", said Anna Carla Pozzi, provincial secretary of the Milan Fimmg.
As the Omicron variant is surging in Italy and the government has enforced strict sanitary measures for the festivities, thousands of citizens have been seeking to get tested all over Italy.
Long queues also formed in other major cities throughout the country on Friday.
In Lombardy alone, 12,913 new cases of COVID were registered solely on Thursday, December 23.
Italy: Huge queues form outside Milan's testing stations ahead of Xmas celebrations
Huge queues formed outside testing stations in Milan ahead of the Christmas celebrations on Friday.
Residents had to wait for hours due to the high demand and the lack of health personnel.
"The portal we use to prescribe tests no longer allows us to do so in a short time. In fact, we arrive at times that touch the beginning of the year. It doesn't work because there are no more places", said Anna Carla Pozzi, provincial secretary of the Milan Fimmg.
As the Omicron variant is surging in Italy and the government has enforced strict sanitary measures for the festivities, thousands of citizens have been seeking to get tested all over Italy.
Long queues also formed in other major cities throughout the country on Friday.
In Lombardy alone, 12,913 new cases of COVID were registered solely on Thursday, December 23.
Huge queues formed outside testing stations in Milan ahead of the Christmas celebrations on Friday.
Residents had to wait for hours due to the high demand and the lack of health personnel.
"The portal we use to prescribe tests no longer allows us to do so in a short time. In fact, we arrive at times that touch the beginning of the year. It doesn't work because there are no more places", said Anna Carla Pozzi, provincial secretary of the Milan Fimmg.
As the Omicron variant is surging in Italy and the government has enforced strict sanitary measures for the festivities, thousands of citizens have been seeking to get tested all over Italy.
Long queues also formed in other major cities throughout the country on Friday.
In Lombardy alone, 12,913 new cases of COVID were registered solely on Thursday, December 23.