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“To reduce infections and avoid new waves” of Covid-19, “it is necessary to impose restrictive measures throughout the Italian territory throughout the Christmas period.” A “national closure” to be followed by “intermittent closures until the summer.” It is the appeal of a group of doctors that includes Susanna esposito, Senior Lecturer in Pediatrics at the University of Parma and Consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO), and Stefano area, specialist in infectious diseases of the Local Health Authority of Modena. The most urgent request is that of “clear and rigid measures during the Christmas period”, aimed at “guaranteeing the reduction in the number of infections and the reopening of schools in January.”
The white coats – promoters, among others, of a first appeal sent on November 2 to the Government and the members of the technical-scientific committee for the coronavirus emergency, in which they proposed intermittent closures until spring – express concern about the “uncertainties of the Executive “in the management of the pandemic:” The number of infections and daily deaths continues to be dramatically high and in some regions, as in the case of Veneto, it is growing strongly – notes Zona – We cannot wait for the effects of the campaign of mass vaccination, we must act now to stop the contagion. Contradictory messages from the government will have dramatic consequences, “he warns.” We must reach a national closure during the Christmas period, chosen by several European countries, to relieve pressure on hospitals and ensure the reopening of schools in January. “
SCHOOL IS A PRIORITY BUT HARD TO OPEN IN JANUARY
An Italy in the red zone during the Christmas season is a choice shared by Susanna Esposito, who relaunches the need for a medium-long-term plan of intermittent closures between January and June: “We must have a strategy to reduce infections and closed closures until summer, which will allow us to stop this second wave, avoid a third and protect health and education, which are no longer dispensable “, warns the specialist. The reopening of schools” should be the government’s priority, along with reducing contagion -he adds-. The current levels of spread of the virus make it difficult to reopen in January. The closure of schools has dramatic effects on the physical and mental health of millions of children and young people – reiterates Esposito – That is why we must act immediately with a Christmas closure and consistent measures until the summer ”.
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