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The commissioner Alessio D’Amato just finished another meeting. Today’s newsletter is in hand: fewer swabs and therefore less positives. Lazio is holding on, but woe to “lower your guard” warns.
Councilor, let’s start with the photo of Via del Corso full of people taken on Sunday afternoon in Rome. What did you think when you saw it?
«A mixture of disappointment and anger. Disappointment because after so much effort seeing that overcrowding put me off. Anger when I think of those who fight the virus every day in hospitals.
Is the situation in Rome and Lazio worrisome?
“Right now we are on a plateau, a situation that has been stable for days. Today we had 2,153 positive cases, 336 less than yesterday.
But the day before yesterday was Sunday, there are less tampons
“It is true, but in Lazio there is a positive / swab ratio that is around 9%, approximately half the national average. We have a Rt at 1.36. However, this is not the time for easy enthusiasm, we must keep our attention very high.
He said that we are in the middle of the plateau: do you think the descent will start soon?
“Our technicians tell us that we will presumably have to wait a week, ten days. After November 15th ».
How is the situation in the hospitals of Lazio?
“There is a lot of stress in all hospitals. There is a significant influx of people. In intensive care we registered 20% of the filling of the beds, while the alert threshold is 30%. With regard to “simple hospitalizations”, we are at 34% with an alert threshold of 40. This figure worries us a bit ».
Did you remodel the beds for this?
“Yes, we are going from 2,900 to 5,300 beds including intensive and sub-intensive therapy. All our structures, starting with the largest, are being equipped with complete Covid departments. The situation is slightly better than in other regions or other large Italian or European cities. But we must not lower our guard. “
Are you afraid that Lazio could go from the yellow region to the orange or is this data sufficiently consolidated?
«No, we cannot speak of a consolidated situation. Much depends on the behavior of citizens. There is nothing to be taken for granted. At the moment the situation is photographed in this way, but it can change everything “
Councilor, what happened this summer? The epidemic started again in mid-August..
“It was a crazy summer. The messages given were completely wrong. Previously it was said that with the hot season the virus would lose its aggressiveness. Later, some doctors even said that the virus was clinically dead or had mutated to a less dangerous version. This has led a part of the ruling and political class to set a bad example and lower their guard, even the open-air discos without any precautionary measures. The virus has been given a huge advantage. I’ll tell you a fact ».
No problem
“From August 16 to mid-September we had more than 3,400 cases linked to returns, especially from Sardinia. It is clear that after returning to the family, the other members became infected. There is still a very strong tail of what happened this summer. Today we know 89 of the outbreaks that develop in the family environment “
Was Lazio caught off guard by this second wave?
“No, it affects all of Europe. I repeat, an important piece of the political class and the ruling class persecuted some statements by some doctors that led to lower their guard as I said “
The director of La Stampa Massimo Giannini attacked her asking for her resignation. Are you clear?
“We have not heard from. I take this opportunity to thank you, since I have never received so many certificates of affection and esteem from the medical staff. I can only thank you.
But it was ten hours straight on the drive-ins
“Lazio now has an impressive network of drive-ins: there are 64 that can be accessed by reservation. Since yesterday, anyone with an Android mobile phone can book an appointment directly with the Salute Lazio app, just frame the reference. This drive-in can be a model for the country, and perhaps become an important network in the future even when the time for vaccines comes. “
However, even for the swab results, the wait was very long. This led to someone breaking the quarantine given the delays.
“Quarantine is independent of the swab: you have to spend 14 days in solitary confinement or do a quick swab on the fourteenth day. It is true that we have had problems due to the significant amount of work, but we have also reached 30 thousand a day. Now with the rapids the thing has been solved ».
Are you skipping the follow-up in Lazio?
“As long as the positive damping ratio is around 5%, we are still in an ideal situation to do good monitoring, above this threshold it becomes difficult. The latest report from the ministry, which is one of the 21 famous indicators for dividing regions into bands, says that 97% of the positives had a regular epidemiological survey. We’ve been close to 100% for a long time, we’re now at 97.6 – so we can do most of the tracking.
In Fiumicino things turned out very well
“Yes, we did something important, especially timely. Fiumicino was the first airport to have a swab made in Italy. Now we want to make a qualitative leap together with ADR. An experimentation on Milan flights has already been underway for a month: you can only board after a quick swab. Now the intention is to bring this procedure to international flights as well, starting with the Rome-New York flights. “
What Christmas will we have?
“A Christmas at home”.
A dinner without grandparents?
“We must always respect distance and limit the gestures of affection as much as possible. It will be a Christmas in the time of Covid, without hugs. It should not become a time when the virus spreads “
Is it an event that scares you?
“Yes, absolutely. Stay together with caution, donning a mask, respecting the rules and paying attention to the elderly.”
Tell the truth: has the government waited too long to intervene?
«Difficult decisions, in which it is necessary to balance the restrictions for the health system taking into account the economic situation. From my point of view it is better to say things as they are and intervene peremptorily, the time factor is fundamental. If we waste time, we help the virus.
Last update: Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 08:15
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