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Coronavirus, Walter Ricciardi takes stock of Italy’s preparation for the second wave. The former president of the ISS, and current consultant to Minister Roberto Speranza, starts first with a technical question about quarantine: «We are thinking about reduce it Based on the scientific evidence and what is happening at the moment, the quarantine in our opinion can be reduced 14 to 10 days as the Germans do with one tampon instead of two. It is something that we are recommending and I hope that the Government takes it into account.
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Speaking on SkyTg24, Walter Ricciardi exclude new locks but not new ones closures of some activities: “We are thinking of avoiding all situations that cause unjustified meetings. There is no hypothesis of closing commercial deals – he warns – we are thinking about which activities involve unjustified meetings on non-primary activities. It will be the government that makes the right decision.
The consultant from the Ministry of Health speaks after the preparation from Italy heading into the fall season and the second wave. A preparation that is anything but uniform in the country. ‘The relaxation since the summer has led to a lowering of the guard. Some regions are less prepared and others have not increased the testing capacity that is now becoming necessary “- reiterates Walter RicciardiIt is not new for the criticisms of some Regions – «The test system had to be reinforced as the Germans did, extending also to individuals. And then the ER: when the flu comes in and people call the NHS, if they don’t find answers, they’ll go to the ER. Many regions have not created different paths, so the risk is that hospitals become places of contagion. We still have time to avoid it.
Then there are the individual situations that are of great concern. Walter Ricciardi, such as those in Lazio and Campania, where the boom in new cases was also followed by an increase in hospitalizations. “Hospitals are filling up again. The Covid facilities at the moment in Campania and Lazio are almost full. I am concerned not so much about the intensive therapies that we are talking about, but the subintensive ones where there are infectious patients who need to be treated in a certain way. And places are already becoming saturated now, and much less when the flu will arrive “- explains Ricciardi -” We are not collapsing, but in a situation of great pressure. When temperatures drop and flu viruses arrive, there will be problems because we must stay indoors and families will be infected.
Last Updated: Friday, October 9, 2020 11:54 AM
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