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In Sicily there are four “red zones” decided by the region to try to contain the spread of coronavirus infections on the island. The last isolation measure that was signed by the president of the Nello Musumeci region refers to the municipality of Randazzo, in the province of Catania, where 97 positive cases were confirmed by molecular swab and another sixty by rapid.
The ordinance, in force from 9 a.m. on October 19 to midnight on October 26, prohibits circulation on foot or by any means of public or private transport within the municipal term, except for “indifferent work needs, situations of need and reasons health ”, but also for the purchase or consumption of food and basic necessities, but only once a day.
Furthermore, all schools, museums and libraries will be closed. All sporting events are suspended, including training sessions and civil and religious ceremonies, with the exception of funerals, but with a maximum of 15 participants. Public and private employers should encourage work from home.
Since October 14, 17, the region had provided the same restrictions for the municipalities of Mezzojuso, in the province of Palermo, and Sambuca di Sicilia, in the province of Agrigento, after the competent provincial health authorities (ASP) of the two municipalities will inform the region of the presence of coronavirus outbreaks. In Mezzojuso, where all the carabinieri at the local station had tested positive for the coronavirus, the restrictions will last at least until October 24; in Sambuca at least until November 7.
The first Sicilian city “red zone” of the second wave of infections had been Galati Mamertino, in the province of Messina, where since October 14, 12 the region had imposed a ban on moving within the municipality, except for indifferent reasons. On October 13, Mayor Antonio Baglio said the restrictions had been necessary given that 115 cases of contagion had been found in the village of 2,600 inhabitants.
Meanwhile, the growth in the number of infections has caused an overcrowding of the emergency room of the Cívico Hospital in Palermo, where patients with other pathologies must be assigned to other hospitals such as Villa Sofía, Polyclinic, Ingrassia and Buccheri La Ferla. Consequently, the latter in turn get stuck, and external ambulances remain in line waiting to be able to deliver the sick to the doctors. In Villa Soffia an additional blockage of services is caused by the large number of people who come to the hospital to get swabs.
Meanwhile, the Sicily region is working on a plan that foresees that up to 2,500 hospital beds will be available for people with COVID-19, even if it is not yet known at what time. intensive and subintensive therapy. On October 18, 563 were hospitalized in Sicilian hospitals for the coronavirus, of which 70 were in intensive care.
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