“Escalation phase, the patient’s age increases”

Published on: 04/11/2020 9:08 AM

“The circulation of the virus is particularly active, mainly in all European countries. In Italy there is a very high incidence with a significant peak in recent weeks. There are regions where circulation is particularly high but the important idea of ​​this evolution is that the The virus, unlike the first wave, circulates in all Regions.“He affirmed it Silvio Brusaferro, president of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss), in videoconference at the hearing in the Social Affairs Commission in the Chamber on the Report of the ISS and the Ministry of Health ‘Prevention and response to Covid-19: evolution of the strategy and planning in the transition phase for the autumn period -winter ‘and on the status current monitoring and monitoring of infections.

In conclusion “today we are in an escalation phase after a transition period. And therefore we must use containment measures in part and mitigation measures in part ”, the expert pointed out later.

“The median age of the people who contracted the infection had a tendency to start around 70 years, then in August it reached values ​​below 30 years and stabilized at the end of September and October around 40 years, but now it is growing slowly. This is an element of care because it means that a high number of older people contract the infection “, the expert recalled.” Even unlike the first phase where there was a peak of infections in young people, now those over 70 are involved and that is a very careful fact ”, remarks President Iss.

“We must seek, as a country, to ensure, where there is a need for hospitalization in ordinary hospitalization or intensive care, which is guaranteed. Some regions have exceeded the critical threshold for ICU places, other regions are close. The meaning is that the offer of beds in ordinary hospitalization in the medical area, more than 40% occupancy for Covid patients means having to reschedule activities to give priority to the clinic of patients with Sars-CoV-2, delaying hospitalizations. for other pathologies. And several Regions have exceeded “the critical threshold,” Brusaferro stressed.