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Some countries are considering or have already decided to reduce the quarantine for people positive for the coronavirus. In Italy, the possibility of taking it from 14 canonical days to 10 is evaluated, but the Scientific Technical Committee told the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, to wait for what happens with the newly reopened schools and the increasing cases of COVID-19. In France, the quarantine has been reduced to 7 days, an anomalous decision, clearly in contrast to the number of infections that has grown exponentially in the last two weeks.
Coronavirus: the latest indications from the WHO
If until recentlyWorld Health Organization was considering being less strict with the length of the quarantine, the skyrocketing increase in the world of COVID-19 positive people that occurred in the first two weeks of September Catherine Smallwood dell’Oms, to communicate that, as far as is known about the incubation period and the spread of the virus to date, a quarantine of 14 days is still recommended.
The coronavirus situation is very serious in Europe
The World Health Organization sounds an alarm: positive cases of coronavirus in Europe, are even worse than those registered in the peak of March. In the last 15 days there has been an increase of more than 10% in half of the European states, in seven of these it has more than doubled.
The Director of WHO Europe Hans kluge, at the press conference highlighted how the historical minimum of positive cases was registered in June, as a consequence of the closure and the restriction measures maintained in part, even at the end of it. The September data, on the other hand, are very negative. While it is true that many infections are also found thanks to a much higher number of swabs and serological tests, it is equally clear that The epidemiological curve is increasing considerably due to the greater movement of people, especially abroad, and the reopening of places, even in the interior, which have favored considerable concentration.
In Europe, Covid-19 cases approach 4,900,000 and deaths exceed 226,000. The danger to health is increasing, but also the impact that the coronavirus has had on the quality of life of people, both mentally and financially. Kluge points out that coronavirus cases are increasing again among the most advanced age groups, 50-64 years and 65-79 years, although in the first week of September the highest number of positives was registered between 25 and 49 years .
