Covid, South Tyrol becomes a red zone. The governor: “The data exploded” – Chronicle

Rome, November 8, 2020 – Also onSouth tyrol becomes Red zone. ”The situation in the last days is aggravated and the data exploded, “explained Governor Arno Kompatscher to Adnkronos, announcing the signing of a very brieforder to declare the ‘red zone’. “As the decree-law provides,” the president continued, “the governors can adopt, if the situation requires it, more restrictive measures, and we find ourselves in this situation.” Starting at midnight, travel between municipalities will only be allowed for work, health, study and imperative emergencies. With bars and restaurants now closed, the establishment of the ‘red zone’ will also provoke the closure Personal services (hairdressers and beauty salons), except laundries and funeral services. Tomorrow the school year will resume in South Tyrol after the holiday week of All Saints. Face-to-face lessons will only be up to sixth grade.

Coronavirus, the newsletter for November 8

While waiting for these new restrictive measures to take effect, a new one has been registered in the last 24 hours Record Covid-19 case diary: The new positivity is 781, of 2998 swabs examined, or 26%. Of the 139,323 people who have been tested since the start of the pandemic, 13,126 have tested positive. It is always very strong there pressure on hospitals and the CEO of the South Tyrol healthcare company, Florian Zerzer, raised the alarm: “If you continue with more than 700 infections a day in a couple of weeks we can no longer welcome new patients “.” We have a strong pressure in hospitals -The governor also added-, with more than 50% of the beds in intensive care occupied and many hospitalized. ”