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Catering sector protests coronavirus measures in Rome

Rome, Oct 26 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) A hundred owners and workers of bars and restaurants protested on Monday in Rome against the measure imposed by authorities that forces them to close their businesses at 6 pm.FOOTAGE OF THE PEOPLE CLOSING THEIR BUSINESSES AND THE PROTEST. SOUNDBITES OF PROTESTERS.Translations:ALESSANDRO: "In these last six months they could have done any of the things they had promised to better the situation, but they haven't done anything. They are putting the crisis on our back. We are a sector they can sacrifice, perfect, but we are a very important sector for the economy. I want to know what the government is going to do for us".ALESSANDRO: "We are having to send home people who have 53 years of experience, that have provided for the state, that have paid their taxes, that have worked hard and now have nothing.""It's not that we don't want the health problem to be respected, we've done so all this time: we have kept distances, we've used masks, we've closed spaces, we've done everything they asked us to do. This is the straw that broke the camel's back, enough is enough, we can't take it anymore."MARZI: "We find ourselves having to pay more and more debts, a very difficult situation, with an infinite debt we don't know how to face."MARZIA: "They've given us little money, saying they were sunk grant aids. What for? That money is gone. We have to pay taxes and nobody is helping us."