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The number of infections has been worrying for days. Puglia. It is still too high according to many to justify the positioning of the Region in the orange zone.
So much so that by Friday, when 15 days have passed since the definition of the red zones in Lombardy, Piedmont, Valle d’Aosta and Calabria (to which Abruzzo is added from today, Wednesday, November 18) and the orange zones in Puglia and Sicily, the Governor Emiliano could write to Prime Minister Conte and ask for the emergency shutdown.
However thehypothesis of creation of red zones only in some provinces, where the situation is more complex, in particular Foggia me Bat (Barletta-Andria-Trani), the two most difficult realities today.
The Covid situation in Puglia
The new positives only yesterday, Tuesday, November 17, were 1,234 of only 6,228 swabs, for a percentage ratio of 19.81%. A decline from Monday’s boom (23.6%), but it is still alarming.
If you look at the famous 21 indicators of the Ministry of Health that establish the risk areas, Apulia is still in the orange zone, given that theThe rt index is around 1.44. “The system is holding up at the moment,” explains epidemiologist and next regional health advisor Pierluigi Lopalco.
But it is also the number of victims sound the alarm between Governor Michele Emiliano and his followers. In Puglia, in the last four days, there have been 100 Covid victims, bringing the total number to 1,057.
Puglia remains the central-south region with the decidedly highest number of deaths from Covid: every 1000 positives, 28.77 people die. In Campania, for comparison, the index is equal to 9.24.
But it’s there pressure on hospitals to scare more: compared to yesterday there are 20 more hospitalizations. Emiliano had decided to cushion by creating a new Covid hospital in Putignano with the first 31 beds, waiting for thefield hospital in Barletta where construction works began.
Doctors ask for the blockade
But now, things could change: Puglia could soon become the red zone. Ask first of all are the 118 doctors and nurses, completely “I’m exhausted,” according to Lopalco himself.
Situation also confirmed by Nicola Gaballo, a leader of the Fimmg Puglia union, who requested the closure for the Region: “System 118 in Puglia is already collapsing today. If we want to avoid other deaths, we must immediately make the red zone of the Region ”, he warned.
“Calls keep coming in and emergency vehicles cannot keep up with everyone – says Gaballo – Covid cases are constantly increasing and we are also involved in secondary transport, from one hospital to another, where dedicated means could be used instead The result is that 118 is no longer able to cover emergencies of another type today.
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