“One in 60 Italians was beaten, a huge amount” – Corriere.it

“Since yesterday in Italy, Covid has infected more than 1 million fellow citizens, 1 Italian in 60 has been affected, it is enormous. But if you look carefully with a mind free of prejudices, the curve finally seems to start to cool down, in any case you have to be patient “, explains the special emergency commissioner, Domenico Arcuri during the press conference. Today, more than 1% of the population has the virus. But to understand the trend of the epidemic, Arcuri emphasizes that we must observe the trend with “honest eyes” because the “numbers speak for themselves.” Now, the curve slows down “thanks to the behavior of the majority of Italians.” The commissioner also refers to the positivity rate that affects the curve and that from 17% a few days ago has dropped to 16.2% today – with a change to 14.6% on Wednesday. “There are Regions where the first signs of cooling of the epidemic are felt and others where the situation remains critical and more actions are needed to help cool the growth of the outbreaks. I think the system is progressively giving the results we expected. It is true that infections are growing “but 10 times less than a month ago”. This is the time when the restrictions “must be held” to see the effects.

“We are not unprepared”

It is important to note that most of the current positives, that is, 94.8%, equal to 602,011 of the total of 635,054, are in home isolation and are cared for at home, while during the first wave, those hospitalized also reached the hospital. 50% of those infected. These two percentages in comparison describe a very different scenario. Furthermore, at this time only 0.5% of patients are in intensive care. Without forgetting that “today’s swabs are 10 times more” than those of the March-April period, when 20-30 thousand tests were carried out. “We are not as unprepared as during the first wave. Those who say that the second wave took us by surprise and that we are inert, those who say from the sofas that we are late do not know arithmetic. Of course, there are still problems.

January vaccine

Regarding vaccines, he says: “We are sure that we will be able to vaccinate the first Italians at the end of January. One million 700 thousand of our citizens ». Specifying: “The vaccine will not be available from tomorrow or immediately for everyone.” The distribution will be centralized. «We will collaborate with the Regions as we are doing. I would never want to live in a country where the possibility of getting vaccinated depends on where I live or where I was born. And the first vaccines will take into account those most at risk, as previously announced. «Italians will be vaccinated according to their fragility and their potential exposure to the virus. People who work in hospitals will be among the first to get vaccinated, just as older people who are more fragile will have to arrive earlier than younger ones.