Covid, the hope ordinance renews measures for 6 regions – Politics



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The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, has signed an ordinance, in force as of today, that renews the measures relating to the Regions of Calabria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Apulia, Sicily, Valle d’Aosta. The new ordinance is valid until December 3, 2020, without prejudice to the possibility of a new classification provided for by the decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of November 3, 2020.

The restrictive measures “are the only real tool that we now have to lower the contagion and put it under control. It is evident that they cause sacrifices at an economic and cultural level, but as the preliminary figures of the last days in our country show, they are working.” . We have, in the last week, a level of Rt, or rate of spread of infection, decreased compared to the previous week and today new data will be presented ”. This was said by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, during the webinar ‘The European Union facing the Covid-19 challenge’.

“The data that we are beginning to receive allows us to glimpse the light at the end of the tunnel but we must have a prudent approach. We have institutional agencies, both at European and national level, that will have to follow the validation procedures of vaccines and treatments with the maximum Caution, but the data we see give us hope. “Then the Minister of Health.” We could be in the conditions – he added – in the first months of 2021 to have the first doses. The distribution will see the health personnel as the first beneficiaries and then to the people in the hospital and Rsa ”.

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