downward but slowed curve, 5 regions at risk of hospital beds- Corriere.it

«The Rt is less than 1, we are at 0.93. But it is growing slightly again compared to last week. Bed occupancy curves are decreasing, and this is obviously positive. ‘ This was stated by the president of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, commenting on the data from the weekly monitoring of the control room. «The curve in our country is decreasing, but it has slowed down a bit. But there are countries close to us that show a regrowth curve instead. This is a topic of great attention and it is a great incentive to ensure that our curve remains in decline, “he added.”The sacrifices are bearing fruitbecause it is evident that the epidemic curve remains under control even with a slight increase in Rt at the national level – explained the president of the Higher Health Council, Franco Locatelli – With the start of the vaccination campaign, we see the first ray of sunshine and light after the dark, deep and painful night lived this year ».

“Regions still overloaded”

«Liguria, Calabria and Veneto have passed Rt at the lower limit below 1 and this indicates the probability of cases increasing. Others like Puglia and Basilicata have Rt around 1 and others close to 1. This gives a signal of attention because they are in the Rt range where the number of cases tends not to decrease ”, explains Brusaferro. who also commented on the data that comes from hospitals across the country. “Five regions are 50% more likely to exceed the critical occupancy threshold for medical beds in 30 days and three regions for intensive care. The situation is improving but there is a a significant part of regions still above the threshold due to the overload of medical areas and there is a region that this week has not managed to arrive at the completeness of the data and therefore is placed as high risk.

“62 million doses of vaccine”

The vaccination campaign, which has just started, has already drawn criticism about the timing of the administration. “I find it ungenerous to talk about Italian delays compared to other countries,” says Locatelli. It is very premature to evaluate a campaign of this size just four days after the first administration ”. The president of the Higher Health Council took stock of the data: «In addition to the first 470 thousand doses of vaccine, there will be in January every week from 450 thousand aI 490 thousand dose and this is an important piece of information that shows that this will be our largest vaccination campaign. On January 6, Ema “plans to approve Moderna’s vaccine” and “there will be others available.” 10 million and 600 thousand doses of vaccine ». The possibility of acquiring an equivalent number of doses for Moderna is in an advanced stage of negotiation. So, adding the doses from Pfizer and Moderna together, we basically come up with almost 62 million doses. “