[ad_1]
Excuse me, Professor Ricciardi, when you talk about confinement, are you calling on the government? In the end, Speranza never followed her down the line of total closure. “I am an advisor to the Minister of Health and I am writing to him. And Speranza has always accepted my suggestions. In the previous government, however, he found a wall, he found the line of those who wanted to live with the virus. This caused tens of thousands of deaths and sank the economy. I hope that the new government’s strategy is “no Covid”, which returns us to a normal perspective in a reasonable time. We would be approaching a return to normal life and economic recovery, as the examples of China, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand demonstrate. Now the United States, Germany and Denmark are also going in this direction.
Ski, Hope stop until March 5. Ira Lega: «Stop the Conte method». Regions of revolt
Walter Ricciardi, consultant to Minister Speranza and professor of Hygiene at the Catholic University of Rome. But are you sure that Italy can afford another blockade?
«I presented to the minister the need to propose three things to the government, also in light of the problem of variants: short and focused closure; retest and trace; butt vaccinate. Please note that the English variant transmits faster and is a bit more deadly. The Brazilian can lead to reinfections, as seen in Perugia. For South Africans, the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine appears limited. ‘
When you talk about confinement, do you think it should be applied throughout the national territory as in March 2020?
«Yes, because we must limit the circulation of the virus to less than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. It should last as long as necessary to return to this incidence figure. It can be two, three, four weeks, it depends on when the goal is reached ».
Ski reopening tomorrow? Cts: “There are no conditions.” Ricciardi: “We need confinement.” Salvini: Draghi brings back normality
Reducing the number of cases will allow you to test and track more effectively. But isn’t there also a problem of forces at play? Are there enough staff to do this?
“It needs to be strengthened, as is now being done by Germany, which is hiring at full speed to do just that. Thousands of people are needed to test and track, we can also train them quickly. The Immuni app proved to be of little use. “It didn’t help us at all because we didn’t really track technology. But if we manage to bring new cases back to a sustainable level, therefore 50 per 100,000 inhabitants, then the application could also help us. But I repeat: we must also recruit people to test and track.
Last point: ask to vaccinate as much as possible. I like it?
«By March we will have insured health personnel and most of those over 80. This is important. But we must prepare to vaccinate 250-300 thousand people a day, it seems that President Draghi has the hypothesis of reaching 500 thousand, but I would be satisfied with 300 thousand. But we must organize now: from April we will have vaccines for everyone, but we will have to be prepared. The model to follow is the Israeli one, with very widespread centers, exploiting large spaces such as sports centers, gyms, drive-throughs ”.
Ski is ready to start again but pending reservations, hotels: “We follow the tourists”
President Draghi cited the British model. “For me the best is the Israeli model, although it is still similar to the British one. But there is a difference: in the United Kingdom they intend to vaccinate many people, favoring the first dose, with that I do not agree. In Israel, on the other hand, they have focused on normal administration, therefore with the first and second doses, and have already had a more marked reduction in mortality. I also believe that when the studies are finished, the children will also have to be vaccinated, perhaps from the beginning of the next school year.
Are there enough staff for vaccinations?
“We have it, but you have to use it well. And it is necessary to involve general practitioners. But in an organized way: some were reported in the newspapers by the regional presidents. He has also proposed a central control room for vaccines. I still don’t know if it will be accepted. What I hope is that there is a structure entirely dedicated to the vaccination plan as there is in Great Britain, Israel and the United States. The variants are worrisome, but it is still possible to reach Italy from the UK and South Africa. Sure, it’s a problem. However, blocking flights slows down, but does not eliminate the spread of variants. The real strategy is to reduce the circulation of the virus, because now the three main ones (English, Brazilian and South African) are already in our territory. And we must also enhance sequencing. ‘
Will we come back to life sooner?
“We can return to normality, as happened in those countries that have eliminated the circulation of the virus. The economy is sinking alone with this precariousness and this total instability ”.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Last update: 00:06
© REPRODUCTION RESERVED
[ad_2]
