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REGGIO EMILIA The Ausl reports that, after an epidemiological investigation, five cases of Covid positivity have been found in students belonging to a single-family outbreak.
Students attend the Professional Institute “M. Carrara ”of Novellara, the Integral Institute of Reggiolo and the State Technical Institute“ L. Einaudi ”of Correggio. The cases were immediately placed in home isolation.
It should be noted that the schools have implemented the procedures provided in the protocol, collaborating with the public health service of the Local Health Authority in providing information to the families of the affected students.
The teaching staff and students of the corresponding sections will be swabs and the return to school of the classes involved will be defined based on the results of the tests and the end of the investigation by the Public Hygiene Service.
THE UPDATE. In total, there are 20 new cases in our province, all in home isolation, bringing the total number of infections to 5,669. There were two total hospitalizations in intensive care, 525 people in isolation, 36 hospitalizations not in intensive care or in hotels Covid. In contrast, 205 recovered clinically initially and 4561 recovered with a double negative swab.
“In the Reggio area, the Ausl aggregate, of 20 new positives, 11 are attributable to family outbreaks, 3 are imported from abroad (one from Albania, one from Romania, one from Kazakhstan), 4 are classified as sporadic. The another is a contact case in an outbreak within a work environment and a last one is under investigation. All cases are in home isolation “.
The new cases are found in Brescello, Cadelbosco Sopra, Casalgrande, Cavriago, Correggio, Fabbrico, Luzzara (4), Novellara, Reggio Emilia (5), Reggiolo, Sant’Ilario, Ventasso, plus one non-resident case in the province.
SCHOOL SITUATION. On the two cases of positivity for Covid-19 inInstituto Integral de Reggiolo, from Common quickly activated health checks in 45 students.
me two children tested positive, already subjected to home isolation, belong to the same family unit made up of eight people and attend the fourth and sixth grade of the comprehensive school in Reggio. After a positive swab from the father, the examination was extended to the entire family, which, although asymptomatic, was infected with the virus. The provision of theAusl public hygiene, which immediately alerted the Municipality of Reggiolo and the school structure to find the contacts of the families of the students and companions of the infected and the teachers.
Already at 7 am the mayor Roberto Angeli supported school staff in alerting and providing information to concerned parents about the possibility of spreading the virus. In the afternoon, in the Health house, a point to make swabs about all the children in the classes involved as well as the teachers. After the diagnostic test, according to the procedure, any positive Covid case must strictly comply with the quarantine. Children who test negative may resume classes on Monday.
“It is normal – said Mayor Roberto Angeli – that there is a lot of concern among parents and relatives in these cases: asymptomatic subjects are difficult to identify. Despite this, the speed of intervention and detection of a possible outbreak always makes a difference and allows a better organization of services, even school services that until now have strictly respected the hygienic-sanitary regulations to contain the spread of the virus. Already today the personnel mobilized by the Ausl carried out the examinations guaranteeing the maximum possible information for the children and families involved. All this alerts us that the spread of Covid has not stopped, but the actions implemented protect the health of citizens as much as possible and are crucial for the future ”.
THE SITUATION IN THE REGION.
There are 121 new cases of coronavirus in Emilia-Romagna, of which 71 are asymptomatic due to regional detection and contact tracing activities. There is a new victim in the region, while the number of patients in intensive care remains stable: 21. In the other Covid departments there are four more patients for a total of 182. This is what emerges from today’s newsletter of the Region based on more than 9,600 swabs and more than 2,600 serological tests. Of the new positives, 29 cases were related to returns from abroad and 8 from other regions. The average age is just over 41 years. Active cases are 4,369 (+92), 95% with mild symptoms in isolation at home. The victim is a 70-year-old man, in the province of Rimini, with previous pathologies. Regarding the situation in the territory, the highest number of cases is registered in the provinces of Bologna (18), Piacenza (12), Parma (14), Reggio.
Emilia (20), Modena (17), Ferrara (11) and Ravenna (15).
