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Florence, March 15, 2021 – As always, he was President of the Region Eugenio Giani To anticipate today’s data on the Covid trend: as always, the number relative to Sunday is a higher percentage than the rest of the week. This time, however, more than usual: in fact, there are 1,106 new cases with a positive percentage of 8.7% (17.5% in the first diagnoses).
Meanwhile, the portal for Covid vaccines of the ‘extremely fragile’ (in this link).
Covid Toscana March 14: the complete newsletter
Meanwhile in the Tuscany that stays orange, the red zones. This is still the province of Pistoia (20 municipalities), while the provinces of Prato (7) and Arezzo (36), which exceeded the weekly contagion rate of 250 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants. To these 63 municipalities are added another ten: Viareggio (Lu), Castellina Marittima and Santa Luce (Pi), Scarlino (Gr), Firenzuola (Fi) and most of the leather district with Fucecchio, San Miniato, Montopoli, Santa Croce sull ‘Arno and Castelfranco di Sotto (except Santa Maria a Monte). In the red zones, the schools of all levels will be closed (with activation of the father) and any movement will be possible only for reasons of work, health and need, with self-certification. Then there are the orange municipalities but with closed schools and dads: Siena, Castelnuovo Berardenga, Marradi, Reggello and Tavarnelle Barberino Val d’Elsa. And to limit infections, the Region is working to re-propose the ordinance, suspended by the TAR, that prohibited arrival in Tuscany from outside the region.
Tuscany, stop by for scheduled surgery. Covid seats required
Go to the conversion of the rooms of the hospitals of the ASL Toscana center. Careggi transforms the three drugs into rooms for patients with the virus. It is the third time that non-urgent interventions have been blocked in a year. HERE THE ARTICLE
The grass should lift the hospital beds
The number of hospitalized continues to increase. Hospital needs to add Covid beds HERE THE ARTICLE
“Swabs in the pharmacy”, but the evidence is not there yet
The Region has announced the start of the free screening campaign for students and workers before the service was activated HERE THE ARTICLE
Giani: “Hospitalizations are worrying but the number of positives is stabilizing”
“The data on hospitalizations and intensive care due to Covid remains worrying, however the number of positives is stabilizing in Tuscany. This does not mean letting our guard down, on the contrary. We want to have the ability to contain the spread and the establishment of red zones Monday in Arezzo, Prato, Pistoia and the leather district has this purpose. ” This was stated by the president of the region Eugenio Giani in a visit to Faella in the municipality of Castelfranco Pian di Scò (Arezzo) where the ‘Safe Territories’ screening is underway and where a high number of infections have been registered in the last week . “Our method wants to be surgical,” Giani continued, “to intervene where the contagion rises. However, the limits of diffusion are not only restrictive measures but above all swabs and vaccines ”. Regarding the latter, the governor pointed out: “Our vaccines are not in the refrigerators, we did 450,000 doses. We must be responsible. We have registered less than 12% of the withdrawals to Astrazeneca after the news in recent days. That is, almost the Fortunately 90% continue to trust, after all mistrust is incomprehensible ”.
He is cured of Covid and prints 10,000 copies of a brochure on how to deal with the virus.
The initiative of an Empoli businessman. HERE THE ARTICLE
Giani: “Tuscany towards stabilization”
The president of the Region emphasizes the pandemic. HERE THE ARTICLE
Siena: nine older guests with a positive RSA after being vaccinated
This was announced by the Municipality. Fortunately, all are asymptomatic. HERE THE ARTICLE
Indian variant, Menichetti: “We need to do better research”
“At this moment we must not run after the ‘ghosts’ of the variants, the case of the ‘Indian’ discovered in Florence it should not cause us to panic. She is not like the Brazilian, although she has a mutation (N440K) located in a position that needs to be studied ”. He explains it to Adnkronos Health. Francesco Menichetti, Head of Infectious Diseases of the hospital of Pisa. “To date, 350 cases of this variant have been reported in the world – specifies the virologist – the mutation that characterizes this variant is located in the amino acid sequence which concerns the receptor-binding domain, in a very delicate position that can potentially alter the ‘spike’ protein. When this conformation is altered the effectiveness of vaccines it can shrink. But we have to investigate better. “HERE THE ARTICLE
Giani: “AstraZeneca case, without scaremongering”
“I understand the concern of citizens at the news coming from European countries that have suspended the administration of AstraZeneca and the fact that we too have adapted. We have suspended all 11 doses of that bottle complex that was causing problems. in Sicily and Calabria. We administered, from February 11 to 24, 15,000 doses of the vaccine and no one had any problems ”. This is how the president of the Tuscany Region, Eugenio Giani, comments on the decision to suspend the use of the last doses of the AstraZeneca ABV2856 batch. as a precaution, as indicated by Aifa.
Astra Zeneca, suspended lot
Meanwhile I was in Tuscany discontinued use of 15 unused doses from the AstraZeneca Abv2856 vaccine lot, as a precautionary indication for Aifa throughout the national territory after some serious adverse events. The batch, under investigation, arrived in Tuscany last month: from February 11 to 23, the Region explains, 15,743 doses were administered without “particular critical problems” arising in those who received the first dose. Dosing of AstraZeneca in relation to other batches is done regularly.
Admissions close to 1500
According to the data, the latest report counts 1,302 cases, increasing as well as the positivity rate, by 5.1%. And the number of hospitalizations continues to increase, reaching almost 1,500: compared to yesterday they increased by 32, reaching 1,488 of which 208 in intensive care (stable). Unfortunately, there are also 20 other deaths. Meanwhile, in Florence, the first case of the Indian variant of Covid-19 has been struck, a nurse who had already been vaccinated with two doses of Pfizer: being an immunosuppressed person, health sources have explained, may have developed few antibodies . To date in Italy, according to the Order of Doctors of Florence, there are 347 cases of Indian variant.
Second houses in Tuscany, Giani: “A new ordinance is coming”
Giani: «I did some ordinances“Restrictive anti-Covid in second box, I also had the stop of the Tar But I am preparing to do another one because this mechanism, in a region that is also attractive from a tourist point of view like ours, certainly brings people. The old ordinance that prevented access to second homes for those who came from outside the region and I didn’t have a family doctor in Tuscany, explained Giani, it was rejected for some reasons that the TAR has been marked, easily surmountable, that we would reintroduce ”. HERE THE ARTICLE
Vaccine, seniors accompanied for free
A service to accompany those over 80, alone or frail, to family doctors to get vaccinated. The possibility begins in Florence in an experimental phase, it is managed by the Health Society and created by Ugo, a free service for residents activated by the City Council, in collaboration with Afam, and created for the accompaniment and transport of the elderly. sixty-five years. elderly alone to visit or run errands. In this case, the elderly accompanied to be vaccinated will be reported by the local social services.
Lawn in the red zone
As of Monday, March 15, Prato and its province will be in the red zone. HERE THE ARTICLE
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