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The coronavirus situation in Lombardy is increasingly critical. On Sunday, November 8, another 6,318 cases were detected throughout the Region (compared to 38,188 swabs); the relationship between swabs performed and new positives is 16.54%. Another 2,956 people positive for the virus were found between Milan and its interior. The data was disclosed by Civil Protection with the usual bulletin.
In the last 24 hours there have been another 40 hospitalizations of people with severe respiratory failure in intensive care units; in all, resuscitation departments are treating 650 cases. The number of beds occupied by less seriously ill patients increased by 412 to a total of 6,225. In hospitals in the region there are a total of 6,875 people with SarsCov2.
The death trail caused by the virus is lengthening. In just one day, he killed 117 others; the (official) total has reached 18,343.
Clogged emergency rooms: green codes will be visited by ambulance
The Milan emergency room can’t take it anymore. Not even hospitals. Soon it may be necessary to visit the green codes in another way, in other spaces. The time has not yet come, but the emergency health system does not want to be caught off guard. The location has already been identified: the area of via Novara recently used as a buffer space in drive through mode, with the help of the army. A specific agreement, signed by Areu (Azienda Regionale Emergenza Urgenza), the Italian Army and the Milan City Council, establishes that patients classified in the green code by operations center 118 are taken to that facility and not to the emergency room : there they will be visited by doctors. , directly aboard the ambulance, and you will undergo the rapid antigen test, which replaces the mononuclear swab.
The construction was possible thanks to the availability of the Army, which provided the logistics, and the Municipality of Milan, which made the area, support structures and public services available. The forecast is to transfer, at a later time, the advanced clinical checkpoint at the Fiera di Milano starting next Wednesday. The army in the field against covid in Milan In case they need hospitalization, they will be sent to hospitals outside the metropolitan area. If, on the contrary, the low severity code is confirmed and there is no danger of deterioration, the patient is sent home. Subsequently, this checkpoint must be transferred to the Fair. The structure is ready to be activated in this regard. On Sunday, November 8, based on data and emergency response situations, it will be decided whether or not to give life to the new triage method.
