Coronavirus, Esperanza: “There is still no decision on the reduction of quarantine”

“There is an ongoing discussion at the international level – continues Speranza, speaking on the sidelines of a meeting in Bari -. We talked about it at the last meeting of all health ministers. Our CTS, the technical-scientific committee, has the quality, skills, experience to be able to fully evaluate and a balance will be sought, also in this case, between understanding what additional risk is assumed in case of reduction of quarantine days, the epidemiological situation of the country and the possible benefits for the country of a choice of this nature “.

“I see the light at the end of the tunnel” “I see the light at the end of the tunnel,” continues the minister, specifying: “I believe that in a few months we will have encouraging news from the scientific world, but in these months we must resist. The behavior of each one is really fundamental. We must tell people with the utmost serenity: we are not in a phase of zero risk, zero risk does not exist and those who think that we can have zero risk, somehow want to procrastinate and tell us something that is not in the truth. to minimize risk. Always remember that the fundamental key is people’s behavior. “

In France, the quarantine is reduced to 7 days. Meanwhile, despite the significant daily increase in cases, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced that in France the quarantine for people who have been in contact with positive Covid-19 is reduced from 14 to 7 days. “The virus will remain a few more months and we must be able to live with it, without being carried away by the logic of a generalized confinement despite the strong increase in positivity,” said Castex.

European Disease Center: “10-day quarantine prevents discovery of 6% of cases” Reducing the quarantine period from 14 to 10 days “would result in a loss of detection of symptomatic cases among close contacts of confirmed cases of around 6%.” This is what the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control says, in response to a specific request from Germany. The 6% percentage, the agency adds, is “large enough to be of public health relevance.”