New Dpcm, what Conte said in the Chamber today

Published on: 02/11/2020 12:58 PM

Differentiated measures depending on the territorial risk to be adopted until Wednesday, November 4. This was stated by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, speaking to the House in view of the launch of the new Dpcm. “The strategy must be modulated based on the different criticalities identified in the territories. The new Dpcm will identify 3 areas corresponding to so many risk scenarios, for each of which increasingly restrictive measures are foreseen ”.

“The evolution of the epidemic is very worrying. The national and European epidemiological panorama seems particularly critical. The pandemic is spreading inexorably and impetuously throughout the continent, forcing each country to progressively adopt more restrictive measures that occur week by week, ”he declared. “The epidemiological framework is moving towards the type 4 scenario with reference to some regions that already in the short term have the risk of paralyzing health services,” said the premier. The epidemiological picture “is confirmed as serious throughout the national territory, with specific criticalities in many regions and autonomous provinces: in the last week of follow-up, eleven autonomous regions and provinces are classified as high or very high risk, another 8 as moderate risk with the possibility of reaching high risk in the next month. The national Rt index stands at 1.7, with an index close to 1.5 in some regions. In some regions the figure is higher than the national average, “Contigo stressed. “There is a high probability that 15 regions will exceed critical thresholds for intensive care and medical areas in the next month. The table does not take into account the effects of the measures introduced with the Dpcm of October 24 – the premier specifies – and does not take into account their impact on the growth curve. These effects can occur and can only be observed from day 14 of the imposition of the measures. There is no scientific evidence to predict the impact of these measures ”.

“The dialogue with Parliament and the full involvement of all the political forces represented here are fundamental steps,” says Conte, referring to the need to make “decisions as quickly as possible”, given the evolution of the contagion curve. The latest data from the ISS report “forced to prefigure a new body of restrictive measures to be adopted before Wednesday, November 4,” the date initially indicated for communications to Parliament.

“I will listen with the greatest attention to the various positions that will emerge from the debate and I will announce my willingness to accept the observations and comments that will be contained in the resolutions. To the leaders of the opposition forces, I envisioned the possibility of setting up a discussion table with the government to provide The same forces provide complete and constant information on the status of the pandemic. For the moment this proposal has been rejected, “he continued.” If there were doubts, the proposal remains unchanged and does not imply confusion of roles. The government has always It has been and will continue to be aware of its responsibilities towards the country of the decisions it has taken and will take to save the nation.

In recent weeks, the resurgence of the pandemic has caused a significant multiplication of infections, which are less than half of those detected in France, approximately half of those in Spain, slightly less than half of those in the United Kingdom: in In these countries, the recovery from the epidemic began earlier and is going faster, “says the premier, noting that in the week of October 19-25,” the number of new reported cases almost doubled compared to the previous week. ” According to ISS data, more than 65% of “infected” people are asymptomatic or paucisymptomatic. Up to 95% of people have mild symptoms, “he said, summarizing the panorama. At this moment we are not experiencing unbearable pressure on intensive care rooms, rather we are registering a growing and worrying one in the remaining rooms, with special attention to the sub-intensive and the medical area in general ”, he emphasized.

“We remain united in this dramatic moment – was Conte’s appeal to all political forces – despite different ideas and convictions, in the name of unity and values ​​that are the basis of our coexistence and our constitutional framework.”