Coronavirus, live coverage – Ricciardi: “The trend is exponential because we have not acted before.” Sardinia towards drastic measures over the weekend

Areas of the country in trouble for multiplication infection growth gives coronavirus and the Regions attempt to respond individually with New measures depending on the alarm linked to epidemic curve, ai Beds available and occupancy rates of intensive therapy. After the end 15 thousand almost On Wednesday, today’s bulletin could dig a new furrow based on early data from regions with substantial increases, starting with Tuscany that breaks a thousand infections with 1,145 positivity sure, about 300 more than Wednesday. A painting in front of which Walter Ricciardi, Ordinary of Hygiene and consultant to Minister Roberto Speranza, warns: “ emergency shutdown widespread can be avoided if you take quick measure, urgent, strong and now ”, but“ not with those that are currently carried ”. Many regions, from the Lombardy to Campania, are oriented towards a curfew or similar options: “They have not proven effective in countries like France me Spain. Also because, as someone ironed, Covid does not carry it metronot but the masses of people gathered in locals and in transport local, ”said Ricciardi.

Ricciardi: “We should have done something else 14 days ago” – The consultant to the Minister of Health is tough: “We are faced with a exponential trend because we didn’t do what we should have done 2 weeks ago ”. Already today, Ricciardi specified, “in the Metropolitan areas there is a transmission rate of 2.3, means that duplication of cases can occur in day to day, as we have already begun to see in Lombardy. Two weeks ago I said we were going to travel with the razor blade and had planned 16,000 boxes before Christmas. But we had them yesterday ”.

Drastic measures in Sardinia – The first area to go further could be there Sardinia in direction to drastic measures, similar to a total lock, to try to stop the infection from resuming. In 24 hours, maximum 48 hours, the President of the Region Christian solinas Measures announced on Wednesday are expected to be taken to halt the escalation of the contagion, that is, a 15-day “Stop & Go” for the main activities, with port closure me airports to limit well Quick ed incisor the movement of people and, with them, the virus. The two-week blockade and would refer to the travel ban between municipalities and the blocking of activities. It is not excluded that, in a first step, you decide only on one curfew, from midnight to 6 am, and for the closing of the large distribution weekend nei.

The scrutiny of regional TCs – This is clear from a meeting of the group’s leaders, open to the opposition, which was held this morning by videoconference and in which the governor also participated. Just Solinas – as reported byUnion of Sardinia – is the most convinced of the need for a strict lockdown. The same island newspaper writes that the suggestion would come from Scientific technical committee Regional government, which in the next few hours -or at the latest on Friday- will be called to explain the measures in its opinion necessary in a summit with all the chairmen of the representative groups in Regional Council.

Gimbe: “Intensive care data among the worst in Italy” – According to the latest weekly report from the Gimbe Foundation, in the last week there have been 225 cases per 100,000 inhabitants with an increase of 22.3%, a figure higher than the national average. Increase in cases of hospitalization in intensive care: 2.1 per 100,000 inhabitants. Sardinia ranks third along with Lazio me Liguria and in any case above the national average (1.4). And it is one of the worst figures in Italy: above there is only Aosta Valley (4) e Umbria (2,3).

Registration of new positives in Umbria – And right in Umbria have been registered 407 positivity in just one day. I also hospitalized, 193, 21 more compared to yesterday, while going from 20 to 22 patients in intensive care. Reported two new deaths, now 97, and 90 cured, 2,488 in total. “Unfortunately we are breaking all records,” said the emergency commissioner. Antonio Onnis. The commissioner, referring to today’s data, spoke of “Tracking difficulties” of new cases and “handling such high volumes.” “Of the 407 new positives today – he added – it is unlikely that each has not had at least 20 contacts in recent periods. It means 8 thousand people that should be taken care of in one day. THE services are under pressure but in any case, tracing is impossible ”. “We are doing our best in the given conditions – Onnis stressed – but we are not able to complete everything we would like to do”.

In Veneto, more than 1,300 new cases – Veneto is also considering a first restrictive intervention against the last two regional bulletins that recorded increases of more than 1,300 daily infections, an increase in deaths (19 currently) and a growing hospitalization with +61 hospitalizations in 24 hours in the Covid wards and 3 other patients in intensive care. “I will soon issue an ordinance to alleviate the meetings: we will need to create the least possible contact ”, anticipated the governor. Luca zaia beginning to align with those produced by Lazio, Lombardy me Campania. “What we are focusing on is contact tracking: the model evolves. It is no coincidence that the government has called a meeting today on this, ”he explained.

Zaia: “We are the region with the most intensive care” – “I emphasize that the history of this infection is the same in all countries: from time to time I read that we have more infections due to lack of prudence in sprout management. We compare ourselves to United States, Germany, China: everyone has the same problems. The relationship between public and positive health is now fundamental, “he added. On this point, Zaia explained that Veneto started from 494 intensive therapy pre-Covid: “We take them to 825 During the first wave and we’ve seen it, without giving up transplants, that on average we had an occupation in 200 out of Covid. We were also lucky not to have serious work or road accidents at that time, remember, when we say we have 1000 ICUs when converting subintensive if necessary, we anticipate 200 non-Covid seats. We are the Region with the most intensive care per inhabitant ”.

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