Covid, Crisanti in La7: “The situation is serious. If decisions are not made quickly, in a week we will have 40 thousand cases a day”

“Today’s figure with approx. 20 thousand infected tells us about the activity of English variant. We have gone from 10 thousand cases to 20 thousand cases in the day of 4-5 days. Two weeks ago the English variant was at 15-16%, now it travels around 40% and has a diffusibility incomparable to that of the original strain. But unfortunately it is a concept that obviously our politicians find it difficult to assimilate“Are the spoken words “Clean slate”, in La7, from Andrea Crisanti, director of the microbiology and virology laboratory of the hospital-University of Padua.

And he adds: “I still hear about reopening and on the agenda there is absolutely unreal proposals and incompatible with the dynamics of virus transmission at this time. Whenever we have restrictive measures such as an orange or red zone and infections go down, suddenly the debate on how to reopen as soon as possible with 10,000 cases a day. And this is the result. If decisions are not made quickly, in a week we will reach 30-40,000 cases a day, as in England., you’ve been in some kind of 8 weeks reinforced red zone with shops and restaurants closed, while pubs and bars only do take away service. As for Italy, one thing we know for sure: yellow areas do not work “.

The virologist concludes: “It is something to be taken seriously and not lightly.. As for restaurants, it’s not that they aren’t safe places. What is not sure is our behavior. If restaurants were limited to the different families who can attend, the limit could also remain open half a day. The restaurant itself is not dangerous, but what we do, because we get together, take off our masks and talk, giving the virus a chance to spread. One possibility would be to regulate access to restaurants instead of closing them.“.