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ISS President: “Young people must now protect the most fragile people. Monitoring with so many infections is unsustainable, a sense of responsibility is needed”
by Mariolina Sesto
ISS President: “Young people must now protect the most fragile people. Monitoring with so many infections is unsustainable, a sense of responsibility is needed”
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“Asymptomatic and paucisymptomatic people are increasing and are an element to take into account.” The president of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Silvio Brusaferro, launches the alarm for the asymptomatic at the press conference organized by the Ministry of Health. And it takes stock of the progress of the epidemic: the incidence of the virus increases, asymptomatic patients increase and infections among the elderly increase.
The contagion curve rises: average age 40 years
“As of mid-August, the contagion curve of the epidemic, updated to last Friday, began to rise from the second half of August first slowly and then faster and faster, as well as the incidence, while the distribution is now present everywhere in Italy: today the panorama is of a country involved in all its Regions, with a median age that has risen to about 40 years from about 30 years in mid-August “, explained Brusaferro.” The data from Age – he specified – is fundamental because if that curve grows, this increase would be associated with more deaths. Therefore, the youngest among whom the contagion is more widespread today must pay special attention not to infect the elderly.
The rise of the elderly: we must protect them
“Although the average age of Covid-19 cases has decreased compared to last spring, Brusaferro notes, cases in the elderly are increasing. So young people must take special care to protect them. At this point, a new challenge opens up for Brusaferro. “Bed occupancy is growing rapidly: if the thresholds were to go up, the possibility of helping other non-Covid patients would really be compromised. This means that we face a double challenge: on the one hand managing the epidemic and on the other. guarantee the treatment of other diseases. “Brusaferro recalled that” the Rt index exceeded 1.5 last week (latest data available) and that the Regions are all above 1 “.
Unsustainable monitoring
In all regions, the Rt contagion index is higher than 1, the number of cases is increasing and resources are struggling to satisfy the tracking: “these are important numbers and difficult to sustain”, so it is necessary to resort to the mitigation to contain the epidemic curve, according to Silvio Brusaferro. The sense of responsibility, he added, is another crucial tool to be able to control the spread.
