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The Covid-19 epidemic in Italy is in a “decreasing but slowing phase”. Thus, the president of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Silvio Brusaferro, at a press conference on the analysis of data from the Regional Monitoring of the Control Room. “The Rt index” is below 1 in all regions except Molise and Veneto “. According to the tracking data, the Veneto has a point Rt transmissibility index of 1.11 and the Molise to 1.02.
At the national level, the phase is one of “instability and transition. After a few weeks in which there has been a tendency to reduce the Rt index and new cases, there is now a kind of stabilization trend, also due to the impact on 14 days. ”Thus, the General Director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza, on the analysis of the data of the Regional Surveillance of the Control Room.” For 2 weeks a trend towards a slight increase in Rt “, 0, 90 this week compared to 0.86 before and 0.82 a fortnight ago.
After a decrease in Rt we now have some kind of stabilization, the reduction is very slight with a slight increase in RT which is now 0.9. Some regions like Lazio and Lombardy have an unstable Rt and Veneto has a number of new cases that appears to be high again. We need to reduce the incidence of cases and the impact on the National Health Service “given the data on intensive care and still above the critical threshold.”
Estimating the increase in contagiousness of the The English variant is +0.4 of the Rt. There does not appear to be any effect on the efficacy of the vaccine or on the clinical severity, added the director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health during the press conference on the weekly monitoring of the Iss-Ministry of Health. Yesterday Rezza attended a meeting with British experts and virologists on the situation.
At dinners and lunches during these Christmas holidays “it is important to limit the number of people. It is not an imposition, but a call to common sense. The more the size of the aggregations increases, the more the risk increases, “Rezza stressed. Appeal arriving on Christmas Eve.” Limit the number of people to reduce the risk and likelihood of “virus” transmission. It is important. continue to maintain prudent behavior, Especially on these days of holidays and in the most affected areas, the opportunity for more restrictive measures can be considered ”: said the director of prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza, in a video commenting on the weekly monitoring of the pandemic, carried out. of the ISS and the Ministry. “For the second week in a row, the national RT tends to rise and stands at around 0.9. The incidence of cases remains very high, especially in some areas. The intensive care employment rate is still above the threshold critical “.
That of reopening of schools “has always been one of the first objectives that we have given ourselves. Of course, there has always been great caution “and it is necessary to” evaluate the epidemiological situation at the territorial level. “Thus, the general director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza, at a press conference at the Ministry of Health.” One of the reasons why I am More restrictive measures were taken – explains Rezza – is also to prepare by lowering the incidence to try to resume the activity in the presence ”. Special attention should be paid, he says, to extracurricular activities “that are being started again.” however, in the reopening of the schools it seems to me quite successful. It is clear that when schools are reopened, transmission within the school environment is not so feared but rather the restart of a whole series of activities and people ”. Finally, on the transmission of the virus with the reopening of schools: “It is difficult to say what is the contribution of the reopening of schools to the viral circulation. There are several studies internationally with contradictory results and there is also the fact that children and adolescents have fewer symptoms than adults, so inadvertent circulation of the virus may be present and it is more difficult to determine if repeated tests are not performed. “.
