Pregliasco’s alarm: “The situation in Lombardy is explosive, a curfew is necessary. But the ordinance is not enough for Milan”

For the virologist at the University of Milan, Fabrizio Pregliasco, the situation of infections in Lombardy is “explosive“Critical enough to do.”necessary“The curfew announced yesterday by the Region and the mayors with the approval of the government. “We talk about it in Scientific technical committee of the Region last Friday and we had already indicated President Attilio Fontana this need ”, explains the expert to Cusano Italy Tv. The reason is that the increase in cases registered in recent days, when the 3 thousand contagion newspapers, runs the risk of having a close impact on hospitals. At the moment the intensive therapy “They are still quite empty – explains Pregliasco – but given this now growing exponentially, we have to take strong initiatives. “Not to mention that” now the contact tracing system in various Italian contexts, but in particular in Lombardy, in the Milan area and in other provinces, it is in the gas barrel, you can no longer manage it ”, adds the teacher to Popular Radio. An alarm already launched in the last hours by the Milanese Ats. The reason is “the natural spread of the virus that makes its dirty boat and tries to replicate itself on all contact occasions. And we for a reduction in the perception of risk, for situations that do not have immediacy of gravity, the guard is lowered because it is true, this virus determines in the vast majority of cases trivial diseases or really inapparent infections, this is His strenght“.

The idea of ​​the Region, agreed at all institutional levels, is, therefore, to impose a curfew of 23 to 5 hours from Thursday October 22, allowing travel at night only in case of “health, work or proven needs”. A measure that, according to Pregliasco, however, “is not entirely sufficient to Milan“. The city” stops population density, job exchanges, contacts related to the type of housing, it is certainly a very seriously ill“. The virologist explained that the effects of this ordinance will be awaited” but we are ready to imagine other measures“In any case it is a” turning point “with respect to dpcm approved over the weekend by the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, which “took into account the due mediations“. Pregliasco’s opinion on the measures promoted by the Executive at the national level continues to be positive:” There is no scientific solution that allows you to make a Balance and therefore the choices are not easy – emphasizes the virologist – I think that the last dpcm are a commitment Between health and economic needs. Saying a maximum of 6 diners for lunch and dinner is something that does not have an objective scientificity, it is a general indication because the more you are, the more contacts there are and more the risks increase“However, the 23:00 to 05:00 curfew that Lombardy is thinking about, combined with the closure of malls Saturdays and Sundays is a “necessary restriction”, Pregliasco specifies, “to prevent something from happening in the future even worse, although these initiatives will create problems for some types of activities“.

In his opinion, in fact, it will be necessary to live with the COVID-19 for months, maybe a year. It is possible that the vaccine will be authorized for sale in December, he explains, “but” beyond some batches that are already in production, the vaccination coverage It will be huge and it will take time. Vaccination for everyone I think won’t be there until fall 2021“, Highlight. Among other things, we still do not know how many doses will be necessary, how often the calls will be made and how long they will last immunity who has had the virus. “There are 22 confirmed cases of reinfection – concludes Pregliasco – We continue to search blindly for these aspects. It is possible, considering the characteristics of this virus, that we need to make gods remember, we do not know if every year how happens with the flu ”.

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