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Regions that pass in the orange band, provinces that enter the red zone: Italy closes, but not enough yet. On the eve of the entry into force of the new Dpcm signed by Prime Minister Mario Draghi, scientists are again calling for “stricter rules”. Today the prohibitions provided for by the government decree are triggered, but the alarm of the experts is strong by an epidemiological curve that continues to rise. Since the beginning of the pandemic in Italy there have been 3 million infected, the victims are almost 100,000. Yesterday’s bulletin counted 24,036 new patients and 297 deaths. The figures are scary, so much so that the Higher Institute of Health, after having highlighted that the national RT is at 1.06, urges “in a similar way to what happens in other European countries, to a reinforcement of measures in all the national territory “because” The variants can partially reduce the efficacy of currently available vaccines. If in the next two weeks the Covid-19 grip does not loosen, a correction of the Dpcm seems inevitable with an anticipated curfew and the closing of some stores or even a total lockdown during the weekend. And from the CTS comes a new and forceful call to “review the detection system to be able to base the analysis on more recent data.”
The colors of the Regions
Since Monday, Campania is a red zone as it has already happened for Basilicata and Molise. Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto move to the orange band and are added to Abruzzo, Marche, Piedmont, Umbria, Tuscany and the autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento. Lombardy remains dark orange. Liguria, Lazio, Calabria, Puglia, Sicily and Valle d’Aosta are in the yellow band. But in all regions there are large areas in total or near total blockade. Romagna turns red, like Ancona and Macerata. Emilia remained orange, but Bologna and Modena are red. Instead, a confrontation is looming with the governor of Abruzzo, Marco Marsilio, over the decision to leave open nurseries and kindergartens, barbers, hairdressers and beauty centers in the red light district.
Weekends
Health ministers Roberto Speranza and Regional Affairs Mariastella Gelmini have reports from scientists who fear a prevalence of variants equal to 70 percent next week. For this reason they have not completely ruled out the possibility – already assessed before the launch of the Dpcm – of advancing the curfew, now scheduled at 10 pm, of imposing a closure of commercial activities and a limitation of movements on Saturdays and Sundays. . A line defended by the president of the Conference of the Regions Stefano Bonaccini.
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“We must reduce interpersonal contacts,” warns the CTS. For this, it may be necessary to close some stores in the areas of greatest contagion, as has already been established for hairdressers, barbers and beauty centers. Many governors resisted. The numbers, however, have shown the level of high risk and in this key Hope beats to urge local administrators to intervene with measures that expand the closed areas to neighboring municipalities to those where the outbreaks develop.
The old data
The scientists highlight “a worsening of the general level of risk for the fifth consecutive week” and above all “a greater acceleration in the increase in the incidence at the national level (195 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the week 22-28 February 2021) than it is therefore, rapidly approaching the threshold of 250 cases per week per 100,000 inhabitants, which imposes the highest level of mitigation possible. ”The requests signed by Speranza for the change of bands refer to figures collected at the end of the previous week For this reason, the CTS requests a review of the data collection system in order to intervene more quickly and avoid the risk that the third wave will have even more dramatic effects than the current ones.
March 6, 2021 (change March 6, 2021 | 06:59)
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