Brusaferro (Iss): avoiding the Christmas gatherings “If we relax the curve it restarts”

The curve is decreasing even if the situation in Italy is a bit in the middle. This was stated by the president of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Silvio Brusaferro, at the press conference on the analysis of the data from the Regional Monitoring of the Control Room in progress on the morning of Saturday, November 28.

The “average age” of Covid cases in Italy is “around 48 years.” This indicates that older people are getting the infection. Hence the importance of protecting these categories, Brusaferro repeats. For the deceased, the average age exceeds 80 years.

The curve for bed occupancy and intensive care is toward flattening. While the death toll is still very high. “You can’t relax,” continues Ironbrush. “An Rt still slightly above 1 leads to an increase in cases.” Therefore, it is necessary to “avoid all occasions of aggregation” and “avoid meetings in every way”.

“Christmas will have its own uniqueness” but this is the time to “go down the curve. With these numbers it is very difficult to imagine any kind of mass movement, aggregations and concentrations “in particular of people who come from different epidemiological backgrounds”: at this point the Higher Institute of Health is very clear about it.

“For the first time we are registering a downward trend in cases and this confirms the importance of the measures. It should only serve as an incentive and motivation to move in this direction. Now the percentage of positives in tampons is between 11 and 12%, but there is still a lot of room for improvement. Deaths will be the last to decrease and in the meantime we must avoid a message of carelessness, in particular for the regions that pass in less marked colors, they continue to be responsible behavior ”. Franco Locatelli, president of the Higher Health Council, also explains.

The current figures “are not compatible with the opening of ski lifts,” adds Locatelli.

Follow the press conference live with the president of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, the president of the Higher Health Council, Franco Locatelli and the general director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza, on the analysis of data from Regional monitoring of the Control Room.

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