Covid Toscana, Giani: “I am working to return to the orange band in mid-December”

Florence, November 17, 2020 – «Today we had 2,336 infected. On October 30 there were 2,700. Thus data is stabilizing and that’s why I said that Tuscany could be in the orange zone, but putting it in the red zone was a bit excessive. I work to be able to move to the orange zone in mid-December but the mechanism of Dpcm it is such that going from yellow to orange to the red area is very easy but then going back up is very difficult, it means having 14 continuous days of impeccable data. Whenever there is a peak of contagion from an outbreak and immediately 14 days must be counted again. That is why I considered it unfair that Tuscany ended up in the red zone, ”said the president of the Tuscany Region this morning. Eugenio Giani speaking on Lady Radio.

“About him tracking We’ve grown a lot, ”Giani added. When we ranked in the red zone, looking at the data from November 1-8, we had 36% of the follow-up. Then in one of the first ordinances I did, I hired 500 people on a temporary basis and these guys are doing a great job, so much so that the follow-up rate is over 65%. Basically, we have doubled our ability to track the phenomenon. It was one of our weaknesses, but now we have a rate that exceeds 60% ”. provinces of Grosseto and Siena the governor of Tuscany raises the hypothesis of his departure from the red zone. “I think I ask (the departure of Siena and Grosseto from the red zone, ed), it is a possibility, “he admits, responding to a question about the novelty this morning. That is the availability by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, in line with what is already foreseen by the current Dpcm, to further differentiate restrictions on territories. “Of course – says the governor – I must have some stability of data for 14 days. In Tuscany it could be the provinces of Grosseto and Siena” to get out of the red zone “but I do not think this will happen today, but in the next few days” .

On the issue flu shots Giani said: “There are 500,000 more than last year.” “They are the typical controversies – he adds – that emphasize in a general sense a certain, probable particular dysfunction. I don’t know how the individual pharmacist knows how many vaccines are distributed regionally. I say what the general director of the Region tells me: we have distributed 500,000 more vaccines than last year ”.