Swimming pool safety to be boosted after latest tragedy says civil protection minister

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 17 - Safety at Italy public and private swimming pools will be boosted after the latest tragedy in which an 11-year-old girl died after being sucked into a drain at a beach-club pool on the Ligurian Riveria, Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci said Friday. "The death of Alice, the 11-year-old girl sucked into the drain of a swimming pool in Sestri Levante, highlights the urgent need to make public and private swimming pools in Italy safe, without any ifs or buts." he s...

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