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“We have already bought the serological swabs, the rapid ones and we are proceeding with the screening. We look for the positive to isolate it and protect the infected, but to prevent it from infecting others. Meanwhile, we hope in the collective responsibility of the people, because otherwise we will move to increasingly restrictive measures, “said the president of the Sicilian Region, Nello Musumeci.
Meanwhile, a new red zone in Sicily is activated in Randazzo, in the Catania area, where 97 positive cases for Covid have been determined through molecular swab and another sixty with rapid. Yesterday 548 new cases were registered in Sicily. (ALL UPDATES – MAPS AND CONTAGION GRAPHS)
18:47 – Sambuca di Sicilia, 8 more positives
In Sambuca di Sicilia (Agrigento), a municipality that has been the “red zone” since Saturday afternoon after the nursing home group, the positives in Covid continue to rise. Mayor Leo Ciaccio announced that there are another 8 infected, of which only one has symptoms, while the others are in home isolation. The total number of positives in the municipality is now 72 people. The Agrigento Asp has organized a “drive in” for a swab campaign aimed, for the moment, at the direct contacts of infected people.
18:32 – Violation of rules, fined managers of 5 stores in Palermo
The traffic police have closed five premises between via Candelai and piazza Sant’Onofrio for violation of anti-Covid regulations. At the Via Candelai store, customers consumed standing inside the pubs after 9 pm. The managers were fined 400 euros each and the assets seized for 5 days. In piazza Sant’Onofrio, a restaurant did not respect the closing time at midnight. The clients also did not respect the rules on distancing. the manager was fined a fine of 400 euros.
17:57 – Catania, the Fair of the Dead canceled
Following the content of yesterday’s new Dpcm, the Catania Fair of the Dead, already scheduled in the old fruit and vegetable market of San Giuseppe La Rena, which should have taken place from October 24 to November 2, is not will celebrate this year. The Municipal Administration, in fact, has ordered the revocation of the provision for the allocation of fair services because the Decree of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers expressly prohibits the holding of community festivals and fairs. The Entity has ordered the revocation of the administrative provision for the organization of the event for reasons of public interest.
17:52 – Palermo, 42 people without masks: sanctions
42 people have been sanctioned in Palermo for not wearing a mask. The police, the carabineros and the financial police searched 3,845 people from Friday until last night. Since the beginning of the month, the fines have been 227. The controlled stores have been 640, of these two sanctioned and one closed.
17:36 – Drive-in for swabs to the inhabitants of the red zone of Sambuca
A campaign to subject the largest possible number of inhabitants to the swab and immediately trace new positives to Covid, also thanks to the “drive-in” installed in the town in front of a private analysis laboratory. This is what is happening in Sambuca di Sicilia, one of the four red zones in the region, where the municipal administration had already launched a free examination for all employees of public offices and commercial establishments even before the registrations were made. first infections in the locality. Now, after an outbreak with four deaths in the retirement home whose guests have been largely transferred and some seventy positive people in the village, Mayor Leo Ciaccio has decided to set up a mobile place to carry out tests directly from the patients’ car . A decision taken in agreement with Civil Protection, with the ASP and with the laboratory that is making the molecular swabs and that allowed the detection of eight new positives. “In this way,” explains the mayor, “we can have a reliable overview of the evolution of infections in the country and also make an immediate trace of all the people who have come into contact with subjects found positive.”
17:28 – Positive high school student in Ribera, classmates and isolated teachers
Sixteen students and five teachers from an institute are in home isolation in Ribera (Agrigento) after the positive case of a student in Covid. After the contagion, the tracking allowed to identify the people who had certain contacts with the young woman. The school management has ordered the urgent cleaning of the premises. Lessons for the other classes will continue regularly.
5:20 PM – Positive employee, Patti’s office closed
The offices of the Public Ministry in Patti, in the Messina area, were closed for Covid after the swab performed by an employee who worked in the office was positive. For this reason, the immediate closure of the entire second floor of the Patti Court and the cleaning of the premises was ordered. The official announcement was made by the Chairman of the Board of the Patti Bar Association, lawyer Francesco Pizzuto, who posted a note on the official Facebook page of the Bar Association.
17:19 – Infections increase, Vittoria fears the red zone
The number of infections by Covid-19 in Ragusa is on the rise, reaching 330. The situation in Vittoria is worrying, where there are 160 positives and in the Sicilian capital of ‘green gold’, where the largest fruit and vegetable market is located from southern Italy, the declaration of the red zone is feared. Today two schools, Portella della Ginestra and ‘Consolino, have been closed after some teachers tested positive. The facilities have already been cleaned up and the lessons should resume tomorrow. Problems also in the Vittoria fruit and vegetable market where one of the commission agents tested positive for Covid-19 and where strict controls were carried out today at the entrance with the measurement of temperature.
13:47 – Emergency under pressure in Palermo and buffer files
Hospitals in stress in Palermo due to the increase in Covid infections. At the Cívico hospital, the emergency room is now dedicated to patients with Coronavirus and patients suffering from other diseases that occur in the hospital are classified in the emergency areas of Villa Sofia, Polyclinic, Ingrassia and Buccheri La Ferla. The waits in Villa Sofía last hours and there are five ambulances stopped, in Buccheri La Ferla there are seven ambulances in line waiting to entrust patients to the doctors. Not better at Ingrassia and the Polyclinic. In Villa Sofia there is also the massive arrival of people for tampons.
13:20 – Musumeci: “Responsibility, increasingly restrictive measures”
“We have already bought the serological swabs, the rapid ones and we are proceeding with the screening. We look for the positive to isolate it and protect the infected, but to prevent it from infecting others. Meanwhile, we hope in the collective responsibility of the people, because otherwise we will go to increasingly restrictive measures ”. This was stated by the president of the Sicilian Region, Nello Musumeci. “In Sicily,” he added, “we have four red zones due to the high level of infections. The curfew reminds me of war and we are at war against an enemy that we know a little more about, but that we cannot identify, does not appear and only makes itself heard when, unfortunately, it is too late. We must avoid reaching the curfew because our economy and our entrepreneurs could not afford the luxury of a new closure. Finally, speaking of the new Dpcm, Musumeci said: “We have started a collaborative relationship with the State and many of our requests from the governors have been accepted.”
9:51 – The mayor of Palermo, we do not know epidemiological data
Seven months after the start of the pandemic and despite repeated requests, and two weeks after the commitment made in the Ars Health Commission that all mayors would receive epidemiological data from their cities, there is no information on the number of positive cases neither on the hospitalized nor on the state of occupation of the beds. “The mayor of Palermo Leoluca Orlando says so.” In addition to determining an objective difficulty for mayors to operate in their role as local health authorities, this contributes to creating uncertainty and confusion among citizens and fueling a climate of misinformation or partial or erroneous information – he adds -. an element that hinders the necessary collaboration between institutions, where until now there has been a generalized intention to act in synergy between municipalities and health authorities in this difficult period ”.
7:22 – In Sicily, a new red zone is activated in Randazzo
A new red zone is triggered in Sicily in Randazzo, in the Catania area, where 97 positive cases of Covid have been verified through the molecular swab and another sixty with the rapid: a true territorialized cluster. The measure was taken by the president of the region, Nello Musumeci, according to health councilor Ruggero Razza, to counter the spread of the Coronavirus. The ordinance will remain in force until October 24, 26. In particular, in the town of the foothills of Etna, circulation, on foot or in any public or private vehicle, will be prohibited within the municipal term, except for indifferent labor needs, situations of need and health reasons, but also for the ” purchase or consumption of food and purchase of basic necessities, once a day. The main way of working will be smart work. Stop by for lessons in schools of all levels, as well as daycare services. Museums, libraries and places of culture are also closed, and banquets and private parties of any kind will be prohibited. All sporting, cultural, recreational and religious events are also suspended. There are currently three other “red zones” in force in Sicily: Sambuca di Sicilia in the Agrigento province, Mezzojuso in the Palermo area and Galati Mamertino in the Messina province.
