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Italy turns to red and dark orange. To support him, concerned about the data collected for tomorrow’s weekly monitoring, are the technicians and regional governors. With the latter already ready to face new restrictions as of Monday or to tighten local measures. Those most at risk are Emilia romagna me Lombardy (from orange to red) but there is also in the cable Piedmont, Campania, Tuscany me Lazio.
The weight of the variants in practice, starting with the English now predominant in the national territory (as of February 18, its diffusion was 54%), is worsening the scenario day by day. According to data from the Ministry of Health published yesterday, in fact, there are 20,884 new positives, compared to 17,083 on Monday. And the positivity rate also rises: 5.9% (Tuesday 5.1%) with twenty thousand more swabs, (358,884 versus 335,983). Instead, deaths are 347 (a slight increase compared to the week’s data), bringing the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 98,635 people. But the number of people admitted to intensive care is also increasing (+84 compared to the previous 24 hours).
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Data that, especially if reduced at the regional level, unfortunately leave little room for interpretation. Everything seems to be heading in the direction of a “red blast” for the Peninsula. A wave of restrictions that is sure to hit Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont, all currently in the orange band. Although it is not certain that the three regions will end up in the area of greatest risk as of Monday, March 7, it is practically certain that stricter measures will be activated in these territories, at least at the local level.
Not in vain, yesterday, both the governor Emiliano Stefano bonaccini that the Piedmontese Alberto Cirio, called for urgent measures because “things are getting worse.” Specifically, the first highlighted the need to “make difficult and painful decisions” by announcing that starting today Bologna and Modena will enter the red zone, while Reggio Emilia will reach the dark orange strip (where Ravenna, Cesena and Rimini are already present). ). “We couldn’t wait,” Bonaccin explained, “we had to do it immediately, also because the ministry records data that are already old and the reality is already worse than that data.”
The RT Emiliano would already be above 1.25, that is, the risk threshold established to enter the red range, and therefore it is likely that it will do so as of Monday. The same goes for Lombardy, therefore Guido Bertolaso, advisor to the governor Attilio fontana Regarding vaccination, yesterday he raised the alarm: “All Italy, except Sardinia, is approaching with great strides towards the red zone.” Also at risk of change are Campania and Tuscany (towards the red) and Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia (from yellow to orange).
Different speech for Lazio in which last week the RT was below 1 (0.92) and, depending on the Region, it should remain there although in slight growth. “We are at the limit”, they trust, but the hope is that we can endure.
In any case, the situation is clearly getting worse and so the pressure on vaccines is also increasing. Thus, while Bertolaso invites the government to “hit the table with its fists” with the EU (“it takes a bit of positive aggression to understand why vaccines, for example, go to Dubai”), a strange political axis around the Russian Vaccine Sputnik V between the secretary of the League Matteo salvini and dem Bonaccini. In fact, yesterday the leader of the Carroccio met with Teodoro Lonfernini, Secretary of State of San Marino. “We are talking about Sputnik” declared Lonfernini and Salvini “wanted to know how we managed to achieve it quickly”, “We have made sure that it works, our scientific community has considered it valid”. All while Emiliano governor declared “We ask for clarity on the Russian vaccine. If it is valid, we await approval and purchase.
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