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Milan, October 23, 2020 – An increasingly complex situation in Lombardy where it continues the increase in infections and hospitalizations. “Unfortunately, the the epidemiological line is rising: today 5,000 more positives than yesterday. Above all 350 more hospitalizations between intensive and non-intensive care, “said the governor of Lombardy, Attilio fontana, at a press conference in the Region, anticipating some data from bulletin Palazzo Lombardia, scheduled as usual in the afternoon (VIDEO). In total, 170 intensive care beds are occupied Covid-19 does not stop its march in the Metropolitan City: “The virus has begun to circulate violently. In Milan, the city is surrounded by a thousand infected“said the president of the Region. Hatch has reopened its doors the hospital at the fair, which began to house the first patients.
“If the curve does not go down, blocking hypothesis”
At 11 p.m. yesterday the first in the entire region took place curfew: measure created to try to stop the multiplication of cases. From 11pm to 5am, activities and travel are prohibited, except in cases of proven need. But the Lombard governor Attilio fontana He explained that the need to adopt even tougher measures cannot be ruled out, if the infection curve and especially the pressure on hospitals should not give way: “The goal is to avoid more serious measures for the social life and economy of Lombardy, we try implement recommended measures by technicians and we are in daily contact with the Government. The emergency shutdown could be avoided (VIDEO), but if the rebound continues, a different measure may be necessary, “he explained. A particular concern is the province of Milan, which yesterday broke two thousand new infected in one day (2,031) and the city, in 917, marched rapidly towards the thousand. Second Marco Trivelli, the Director of Welfare of the Region, in this situation “no measure should be excluded” in Milan, not even one Red zone. “The confinement was formidable, if terrible, to stop the infection. In the summer we have dispersed much of that costly inheritance that the confinement had allowed us to accumulate, “said Professor Massimo Galli, head of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Sacco Hospital in Milan, on the occasion of the presentation of the epidemiological study in San Pellegrino Terme.
me data from Friday, October 23
Here we will post, as soon as it is available, i Bulletin data on the Covid-19 emergency in Lombardy
Rise of access to emergencies
With the call escalating second wave of Covid in Milan the situation has become critical, especially in first aid and ambulances. So much so that patients are often forced to wait their turn in triage in vehicles, to avoid meetings in the astanteries. Areu, the regional emergency and urgency company, has asked Cri, Anpas and Misericordie to increase the number of ambulances available. In fact, almost half of rescue interventions are now for cases of suspected coronavirus, with respiratory problems or cases of the flu, which nevertheless have similar symptoms and therefore should be treated as Covid cases.
Gallera: greater availability of beds
“The rapid epidemiological evolution and the consequent increase in the number of hospitalizations have determined the need for aexpanding the availability of intensive, acute and subacute Covid beds, and of monitoring of hospitalization “, explained the Lombard Councilor for Wellbeing, Giulio Gallera in relation to the circular sent today by the General Directorate of Welfare to all health establishments in Lombardy, in execution of the anti-Covid hospital plan approved by the Regional Council on October 16. “There is no medical blockade, but an organic and functional reshaping of healthcare activities in Lombard hospitals,” he explained.
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