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Milan, November 20, 2020 – Without loosening measures for the moment: a start towards the Lombardy orange, which is still ‘red’ .. The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, has signed an ordinance, effective as of today, with which renew measures relating to 6 regions, including Lombardy. The new ordinance is valid until December 3, 2020, without prejudice to the possibility of a new classification provided for by the decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of November 3, 2020.
Speranza and Boccia: “No danger escaped”
Yesterday Ministers Speranza and Boccia had seen the Regions and Speranza had been clear: “No one underestimates the seriousness of the situation The pressure on health facilities is very high. It’s absolutely impossible to trade a few early and still insufficient encouraging signs in a narrow escape. “” I do not exclude that there may be other red regions in the coming days, “Boccia said for his part. At yesterday’s summit the government politely rejected for the moment the pressing of the Regions They have been asking for days to “simplify” the criteria that attribute to the Regions their position in the yellow, orange or red zone. “The measurements of the last Dpcm and the 21 monitoring parameters they do not change until December 3 – Minister Boccia had announced – and from tomorrow until the end of the month there will be a technical table to evaluate other proposals“. Pirellone presses in any case by a relaxation of restrictive measures, also driven by the productive categories they have to cope with the economic difficulties caused by the closure. On the other hand there is instead doctors and the scientific world in general that invite prudence. “The situation will continue like this until December 3 – said the President of Lombardy Attilio Fontana -. we will do it anyway evaluations in the coming days based on the evolution of the epidemiological situation “.
Fontana: “No territorial differentiation in Lombardy”
The governor, however, specified that the region it will not ask for a territorial differentiation within it between “zones”. In fact, a Summit between the Region and local authorities to develop a shared strategy: “I had two meetings – said Fontana – with the capital mayors and with the provinces and all those who have decided to continue the battle in a unified way and do not make requests for territorial differentiation. Also based on examinations of the data that confirm how the epidemic in the region is currently taking a unitary behavior, that is, the data for the individual provinces are superimposable “.” Willingness to continue is important unitary form this battle, the decision to adopt the ordinance of October 22 was unified, “added the president. Finally, the governor stressed how” the gradual but constant improvement today is confirmed in the fact that after days and days there has been a reduction in the number of people admitted to the hospital. This is very important, it shows how the measures we took on October 22 have generated positive results. At the end of this week we will also see the result that may determine a further tightening ordered by the government. ”
Covid, the hope in the decrease in hospitalizations
The hopes of the Lombardy pass through red to orange zone hang from the data thread. One more time i coronavirus emergency numbers. Yesterday of the 36,176 daily cases in Italy 7,453 (of which 516 ‘weak positives’ and 101 after serological tests) were in relation to Lombardy, of 37,595 swabs processed. Again in decline, albeit slightly, the case-swab relationship: down 0.2% from 20% yesterday to 19.8% today. All over the country 653 the victims, 165 Alone in Lombardy, you’ve crossed the threshold of the 20 thousand deaths since the beginning of the pandemic20,015). With respect to pressure on hospitals i 3,791 cured / discharged (a total of 172,847 of which 7,351 were discharged and 165,496 recovered). 12 increase in intensive care (915 in total) while for the first time since the start of the second wave are results other hospitalizations have dropped (-32 in one day, down to 8,291).
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