“We are thinking of a ‘selective’ lockdown in some areas”

“In recent months, the number of tampons was very low and the number of hospitalizations 10 times higher than the current one, so the strategy implemented by the Region is bearing fruit. We are evaluating a measure that will not see the closure if it is not selective in some areas. “This was stated by the Minister of Health of the Sicilian Region, Ruggero Razza, on the sidelines of the works, at the Bellini theater in Catania, in ‘Covid-19 health post’.

“The choice of the Region,” added the commissioner, “will be to carry out all possible diagnostic tests to detect even asymptomatic positives. Hospitalization times tell us that the average figure is 5-6 days and is significantly less. “.

“The situation of the hospitals in Sicily is under control – Razza stressed -. We make the conscious decision to avoid any sanitary blockade. We”, in fact “all of Italy cannot afford a closure of the healthcare system and if Covid patients are a significant number, many more are those of patients who need other treatments ”.

“We cannot afford to look at the present without looking at the future, what it will be like in 10-15 years – Razza reasons – The health system is changing all over the world and the experience of the pandemic will give us a different one and this means that it will become an opportunity. And for Sicily it will serve to speak to that part of the world that goes along the same lengths as our region, but goes to other states ”.

The Deputy Minister of Health, Pierpaolo Sileri, also intervened by videoconference. “You can live with the virus. In February and March it was thought that we could not get out of the emergency,” he said. “Organizing healthcare – he added – means looking to the future with investments. We must look to the future by investing in the hospital network and in technology. Italy has a very important healthcare industry that is a model for the world. We, for example, we have the best possible cancer treatments. The health system, although perimeter, has been enabled to respond strongly thanks to flexibility. “

“It is a cultural issue – Siler finally pointed out – that foresees a network of collaborations. In Italy we tend to invent what the future will be. But to have these results it is necessary to invest in training”.