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Spice – A party in Carrara, as stated by some patients and reconstructed by the Ligurian and Tuscan ASL, it may have been the likely trigger. It did not take long, as the coronavirus sadly became used to, for the outbreak to erupt: 41 people in the hospital, a level that had not been reached in months, and an 89-year-old man who died on September 4 in San Bartolomeo di Sarzana. The contagion trend in the province of La Spezia begins to be worrying. Enough to convince the Region, in agreement with local authorities, to issue an ordinance that has extended the obligation to wear the mask in open spaces – already in force from 6 pm to 6 am by ordinance of August 16 by the Ministry of Health – at midnight, in all situations in which there is a risk of reunion.
The Ligurian ordinance, valid throughout the province of La Spezia, it will be valid for at least seven days from yesterday. “This – explained the President of the Region, Giovanni Toti – to contain the cluster to a minimum, while our offices will continue to work on the follow-up of cases exactly as we did in ASL 2. We could take more measures but we do not consider them for the moment. necessary, we do not want to oppress a city and a province if not in an indispensable way ».
The Asl 5 Prevention Department continues to work to rebuild the chain of infections. Which, looking at the progression of the last ten days, has been quick. Since Sunday, August 23, in which the swabs intercepted 12 new infected in the ASL 5 zone, the 34 counted last Sunday were reached in a week. Up to 45 identified yesterday. The territory of the extreme east of Liguria weighs decisively in the epidemiological panorama of the entire region. Not so much from a numerical point of view as for the severity of the symptoms.
In Liguria yesterday I positive for Covid-19 there were 1,770, of which 924 were concentrated in Genoa and its province and “only” 318 in La Spezia. However, almost the entire nucleus of patients, although at the moment largely in non-serious conditions, is in the hospitals of La Spezia: 41 people, 5 of them in intensive care, of the 61 in general (with only two other patients in intensive care) hospitalized throughout Liguria.
“We must ensure that the pressure on hospitals does not increase yet – Toti said – that is why we call on everyone to rigorously respect the rules, including in the workplace, in free time and in the family.” Yesterday 96 new cases of contagion emerged in Liguria, discovered thanks to 2,700 oropharyngeal swabs. To facilitate compliance with the ordinance, tomorrow a summit will be held in the prefecture in which a series of specific control services will be organized that, according to the investigations of specialists, the origin of the outbreak would be in the territory of Carrara and attributable to the movements of some components. of the Dominican community.
The common root would be participation in at least one family party, in mid-August, then to some public events and the frequentation of a bar. The contagion, before significant symptoms appeared, would then spread to the workplace and from there the chain would lengthen. To interrupt it, the reconstruction of what happened in the last hours has become feverish and some specialists in Hygiene from other Ligurian ASL have been sent as reinforcements to colleagues in La Spezia. The Tuscan origin of the La Spezia group is also confirmed by the assessments of the Local Health Authority of Northern Tuscany.
“This is a cluster already identified and circumscribed in the days after August 15 – explains the institution in a note – there are around 50 positive citizens that over time have been assumed by the Prevention Department, which, since mid-August, has been monitoring the evolution of infections. To prevent the spread of the epidemic, some patients have also been transferred to health or intermediate care hotels ”. However, the cordon erected in Tuscany would not have prevented the virus from circulating across the border. To the nearby Spezzino, where some of the participants in various meetings and crosses have their roots. “There are no parties with thousands of participants – continues the Tuscan ASL – but, again on August 15, a much more restricted and private party between citizens of the same nationality.”
In the rest of the region the situation remains under control. Also in Genoa, where 44 new infected people were found in the last 24 hours. Ten refer to two nursing homes, six are contacts of confirmed cases, five have been identified in the hospital, 21 are the result of screening activities. To which mother and son are added.
