Coronavirus, in the Rsa of Tuscany almost 1 in 10 elderly people is positive. The new councilor: “Working to separate the infected from the negative”

the coronavirus entered with force in the nursing homes (Rsa) of Tuscany. To date, according to data published by the Region, they are positive for Covid 1,103 out of 12,500 guests undergoing treatment in the more than 300 facilities in the area, that is, almost 1 in 10. Among the operators, however, there are about 100 cases. Therefore, the Region has decided to run for cover, preparing a new plan to separate the infected from the negative, in such a way as to slow down the spread of the infection. This was announced by the new Tuscan councilor for social issues, Serena spinelli, who works on this issue together with the councilor for the right to health, Simone bezzini. “The data that comes to us from RSA we worry – Spinelli emphasizes -. We have focused our attention on this issue from the beginning. We are working with all the actors in the system to launch a general plan that allows a more certain separation between positive and negative guests ”.

In fact, infected older people have different levels of symptoms and symptoms. gravity. Months after the onset of the pandemic, therefore, the provision on which the Region is working will define as precisely as possible all the steps that the operators working in the RSA must follow to take care of the guests. “It is a program that we will define in next days and that should include a quick identification of positive guests and operators, one correct care management for the health system and an adequate placement of guests in the most appropriate levels of care, ”explains Spinelli. Therefore, the plan will be added “to what is already indicated in the ordinances currently in force and recent indications on the identification of Usca dedicated to RSA and the priority to be assigned to the conduct and review of the tampons of operators and guests. We will also develop a Monitoring system of the data related to the swabs performed and their results, which allows us to have real-time updates“.