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He tried to avoid a new squeeze until the end, but in the end the president of Piedmont Alberto Cirio had to surrender to the figures: 2,032 new infections in twenty-four hours, a vertiginous growth of hospital admissions, with almost 1,500 beds occupied by patients. Covid, of which 84 in intensive care.
The latest weekly report from the ministry leaves no room for doubt: the region is classified as “high risk, with high probability of progression.” A stamp that makes the green light inevitable at the night curfew, which will start from Monday and will remain in force until November 13, except for extensions.
Self-certification returns
The order signed last night by the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, according to Cirio, requires a stop to travel between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. throughout the region. As has already been the case since Thursday night in Lombardy, even in Piedmont at that time it will be possible to move only for proven work needs, in situations of need and urgency, for health reasons or to return home. Any reason that must be certified by self-declaration downloadable from the website of the Ministry of the Interior or the Region.
“According to the mayors of the area, we try to avoid it by intervening with surgical measures, but the latest data forces us to make this decision,” Cirio explained at the end of a long day of discussion with Rome, with representatives of the local authorities and Forces economic and productive. «They are painful measures, but shared. The increase in contagion imposes stricter rules ”, adds the president. As the days go by, it is increasingly difficult to find a balance between the need to keep alive the Piedmontese economic fabric, already severely tested by the long blockade phase, and the need to safeguard public health from the risk of an escalation. uncontrolled contagion. “We cannot afford a general blockade,” Cirio had stressed several times in recent days, who together with other governors had fought to avoid the closure of clubs and restaurants before the 24th.
Aggravated picture
But now the picture has worsened to the point of forcing him to correct his shot. Since October 15, Piedmont has broken the ceiling of 1,000 daily infections – even in the face of a significant increase in swabs performed – and yesterday even exceeded 2,000 new cases, with nine confirmed deaths. The pressure on the Covid departments, as the Health Department itself states, “grows exponentially” and intensive care, although less stressed than in phase one, is approaching the quota of one hundred hospitalizations. In the last week, new diagnoses have gone from 2,533 to 5,855, with a clear reduction in asymptomatic cases, which go from around 75 to 50 percent. Outbreaks are increasing, mainly affecting the family environment, but continue to spread also in nursing homes.
The ministry’s report certifies that the RT, that is, the infection transmission rate is above 2 (the on-call limit is 1) and that for Piedmont there is “a high probability of reaching critical thresholds next month.” . Alerts that make the measures that have just been adopted are already insufficient: from the bus stop at the shopping centers on weekends, through distance education in high schools to mini-lockdowns in nightlife squares. The virus runs and drags Piedmont toward ever tighter restrictions.
