Covid third wave – Corriere.it

Rather than reopen for Christmas, I think the situation is so bad that I have to warn otherwise: To take advantage of from the end of the year holidays to close everything in those two weeks and try to stop the infection. But I understand that you have to take into account the needs of the economy“. To say this in an interview with«The Republic»He is the virologist Andrea Crisanti, professor of Microbiology at the University of Padua, one of the pioneers who fought the epidemic in Vò.

To see the horizon positive signs In the face of the pandemic, as Health Minister Roberto Speranza said, “a lot is needed wedding ring»Crisanti says. “If you look at the infection curve and the dynamics of deaths, you understand how we are in a situation stackable To that of March – specify -. And if we take into account that with the total closure of that time we had to wait until the end of April to glimpse the famous end of the tunnel, you can already guess where we are. And we’re not even doing a real lockdown here. ” conclusion? “The impact of restrictive measures it will be less than then and the restrictions will take longer to take effect. ‘

Also Ranieri Guerra in Corriere della Sera He returned to the subject of the third wave. When asked by Margherita De Bac about the fact that there are already those who are thinking about the third wave, the deputy director of the WHO replied: epidemic they behave like this. There curveI repeat, it will get less steep but that does not mean that the virus will disappear. Like last summer, it will stay under the radar and before it is pushed away forever, it will be of great use. timedespite the availability of vaccines. When they arrive they will also have to hurry to protect the population to limit the speed of transmission and interrupt the chain of infections. ‘