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To contain the virus and ease pressure on hospitals, the government is also speeding up the administration of rapid tests by family doctors and pharmacies. The State-Regions Conference on Monday
by Barbara Fiammeri
To contain the virus and ease pressure on hospitals, the government is also speeding up the administration of rapid tests by family doctors and pharmacies. The State-Regions Conference on Monday
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Two thousand “trackers” will soon arrive in the Regions to hunt down the Coronavirus. This was confirmed by the Minister of Regional Affairs, Francesco Boccia, during the meeting on Thursday 22 with the Regions. And again to contain the virus and relieve the pressure on hospitals, the administration of rapid tests by family doctors and pharmacies is also accelerated, which will be the central theme of the State-Regions Conference on Monday 26. “Already in some regions in pharmacies do the serological tests – remembered the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza – let’s try to do an experimentation, as is happening in Trento, to carry out the antigenic ”.
The green light is not taken for granted. There is still resistance from doctors and pharmacists due to the lack of spaces and tools where tests can be carried out safely. As for the trackers, Boccia explained that the contingent will be established with a Civil Protection ordinance and will be identified by means of a notice: 1,500 will go to swabbing and the other 5,000 will work on requesting information and the process to follow.
Restrictive measures at the center of the debate
At the center of the confrontation between the Government and the Regions (which continues today) are restrictive measures to contain infections. In fact, the data is still alarming. We are more than 16 thousand more infected in one day. On Wednesday the increase was 15 thousand. And those thousands of difference are there despite the fact that fewer swabs have been made (170 thousand against 177 thousand the day before). Result: the contagion index, that is, the ratio between swabs and positives, continues to increase from 8.5 on Wednesday to 9.4 yesterday. Deaths (136) and intensive care are also on the rise, reaching almost a thousand (992) as well as almost 10,000 are hospitalized in total, with another 637 more than the previous day.
But the national figure is an average. In some regions and cities, mainly Lombardy and Milan, where the curfew was activated on Thursday night from 23:00 to 05:00, the situation is much more serious. Today the Fiera hospital reopens: “Unfortunately it will be very useful,” said Fontana, who is confident that the restrictions decided by the latest ordinance will be enough to contain the curve. Same objective as the other presidents. Tonight, the curfew begins in Campania at 11 pm, while in Lazio the time to stay home is midnight. Sardinia will also close shortly. Governor Christian Solinas is finalizing the ordinance that locks up the entire region for two weeks: ports, airports and main activities closed.
Regions in no particular order on dad and anti-nightlife measures
After Lombardy, the governor of Puglia Michele Emiliano has also decided to toughen schools by suspending all teaching activities in presence for the three years of secondary schools until November 13. And distance learning will also be in Veneto, where Luca Zaia excludes confinement for the moment (“better the mask”). Then there are the mayors’ anti-night ordinances, identifying possible red zones in big cities. In short, we move in no particular order.
