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Exhausted detection swabs for those returning from trips abroad and on vacation (mandatory until September 17) in Campania, daily coronavirus infections maintain high averages, again attested in around 200 cases against nasopharyngeal sampling tests they are also placed at higher than average altitudes (between seven and eight thousand per day). The epidemiological scenario that emerges outlines a new phase in which those who are positive for Covid-19 are no longer directly connected to the contacts of the infected people identified after their returns, but probably the result of the circle of spread of the virus by those who escaped. to the controls and has never informed the local health authority of residence.
Indifference to one’s own risk and that of others, underestimation of the consequences, superficiality and fear, intolerance of limitations are the ingredients that have been the wick of the autochthonous outbreaks in Campania. A submerged river of contagions, therefore, that feed the daily bulletin on the eve of the difficult crossing of the reopening of schools and in the prospect of a hot autumn in which the seasonal flu will inevitably overlap.
How will Campania’s healthcare system defend itself against this scenario? “We will continue to implement the actions and tools with which we have overcome the first and most acute epidemic phase without too much damage – he warns Maurizio Di Mauro, specialist in infectious diseases and manager of Monaldi-Cotugno, very aware that as the number of infected increases, although most of them asymptomatic, there will be some more susceptible who will have to be treated in the hospital and among them a small part also in intensive care ”.
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Therefore, the tracking work of ASL prevention departments is crucial. Every day, for each of the approximately 200 newly infected people identified by the swabs, painstaking work is triggered: “For each new case, ASL managers warn that the person is contacted by phone both to understand how they contracted the virus and to identify your contacts. ” «In many cases, they say from the Caserta ASL that it is not possible to understand the origin of the infection. The first measure we have is home quarantine ».
In practice, at least 14 days waiting for a double buffer to certify the negativization. The goal is to prevent the virus from spreading like wildfire. In addition to the indications on the behaviors to follow and the precautions to take, it is investigated to understand who that person has seen and met, in the 48/72 hours prior to the swab. By phone or sometimes in person, with an in-depth interview, we try to identify the itineraries, the places frequented, drawing up a list of blocks to be made by converging on the audience of people with whom we have shared a time and a more or less narrow time and more. or less time than new infections emerge.
“People are anxious to leave home but we live in a complex moment – he emphasizes Pina tommasielli family doctor in Soccavo and a role in the crisis unit: danger affects the most fragile and susceptible people. The risk is paying a high price.
Campania health care continues to do the work carried out during the confinement: specific swabs proportional to the infections identified in the contract tree, sending Usca home for swabs at the request of the family doctor.
«The virus exists and is spreading – concludes Tommasielli – even if there is no drama in recent months. We need to increase and relaunch the activity of the Usca and remote home assistance ». “One of the problems to be solved, concludes Vincenzo Schiavo, manager of the Fimmg, is the organization of punctuality in the execution and communication of the results of the swabs”.
Meanwhile, for a few days in Naples, after booking, you can go directly to the Frullone to take the test and the ASL has made available an email to report the delays in the communication of the results ([email protected]) .
The epidemiological scenario is complex: Campania has been at the national top for the number of cases for weeks. Yesterday’s 208 (compared to 195 the day before) are equivalent to 27.9 positives for every thousand swabs compared to 23 the day before with a score of patients in intensive care and more than 300 hospitalizations. Meanwhile, the San Giovanni Bosco emergency room has been closed, suspended for an hour for sanitation after the isolation of the third rapid test positive patient.
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