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The scientific consultant of the Ministry of Health: “It takes another 10 days to see the effect of the measures. In many regions the situation worsens, in others it is stable, we must reverse the curve.” And he adds: “Some metropolitan areas in the yellow zone would already be red zones for me due to the pressure on the hospitals. In Naples, scenes of war.”
The situation of the coronavirus in Italy? “We are heading in the right direction, but we have to wait about ten days. The measures introduced to give stable effects must be evaluated after two weeks.” Risk of blockage? “It is not avoided, in many regions the situation worsens, in others it is stable. We must stop the deterioration and reverse the curve. Only when this happens can we draw conclusions, but we are all trying to avoid the national closure.” This was stated by Walter Ricciardi, scientific advisor to the Minister of Health, in ‘Buongiorno’ on Sky TG24 (COVID-19, UPDATES – SPECIAL).
“The regions provide accurate and timely data, only then will we make proportionate decisions”
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Regarding the numbers of the coronavirus emergency on which the classification of the areas in yellow, orange and red is based, according to Ricciardi it is necessary that “the regions feed the system with exact data, the system can be improved, instead of 21 indicators if they can have 4-5 monitored daily It is a moral and technical obligation of the regions to provide timely and high quality data, only then will decisions be made proportional and appropriate to the situation of the regions, also because it would be a crime “
“Some metropolitan areas are already a red zone for me”
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“Regions that are going to change color?” I don’t know, because this is a decision made by the control room – Ricciardi answers – but I’m sure that some metropolitan areas of regions in the yellow zone are already the red zone for me. I say this on the basis of pressure on hospitals reported to me by colleagues from those regions. In some cases, hospitals and emergency rooms are totally stuck, so we are unable to treat either Covid patients or non-Covid patients. “
“In Naples he would have already made confinements, in hospitals scenes of war”
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Should Naples be closed? “I would have already done it 2-3 weeks ago. Naples – says Ricciardi- is not Avellino, it is necessary to make a confinement in which scenes of crowds and gatherings that we have seen on the seafront are avoided, which seem normal because many interpret the yellow zone as A free all and at the same time give I encourage those hospitals where really incredible things happen: patients assisted in their machines with oxygen, they are scenes of war and this should not happen in the yellow zones ”.
“Covid vaccine distribution plan? We are working on it, we are on time”
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Regarding the distribution of the anti-Covid vaccine, Ricciardi explains: “We are working and we are perfectly on time. Some countries have national plans because the responsibility is national. We have the regions and we have to make a plan that reconciles this fragmentation and we have to do it in a consensual way, so we are at a disadvantage in the speed of decision-making. There is a team coordinated by Dr. Giovanni Rezza, who is the Director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, to develop the plan that best suits our reality, which is precisely the one described. “
“Lombardy advanced very late with the flu vaccine”
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As for the flu vaccine, according to Ricciardi, “Lombardy moved very late, did nine races and the last one in October.” For the ministerial consultant, “the flu vaccine should be ordered in the first part of the year, at the latest.” before May and, above all, it must be requested in an amount appropriate to the epidemiological situation. If I remember correctly, Lombardy has ordered just over two million doses for a population of ten million with a fragile population of three million. It is clear that Lombardy is technically in a position of not being able to deliver the vaccine quickly and effectively even to the part of the population that needs it. “
“It will be a Christmas of extreme caution”
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Ricciardi also launches a warning for the end of the year holidays: “It will be a Christmas of extreme caution, in which unfortunately the circulation of the virus will continue to be intense. Open dinners and gatherings will not be possible, that is, people who do not know each other closely It will be a Christmas. ” with loved ones, knowing naturally that loved ones have adopted wise behaviors in turn, a Christmas with a dinner with a few people who know each other and who are very attentive to distance and hygiene and who celebrate soberly ”.
