«Rt below 1, but growing slightly. Five regions at risk “

COVID-19, the president of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss) Silvio Brusaferro states that the index “Rt is below 1 in Italy, but it is growing slightly”. And he adds that there are “five regions at risk of jobs in the medical area.” “The curve in our country is decreasing, but it has slowed down a bit – says Brusaferro -. However, there are countries close to us that show a regrowth curve instead. This is a subject of great attention, and it is a great incentive for our curve to continue descending ”, confirms the president of the Higher Institute of Health at the press conference of the Ministry of Health on the analysis of the Regional Monitoring data. of the Control Room.

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Brusaferro: “Rt less than 1”

“The incidence appears to be decreasing, but we must evaluate it with caution. A really solid assessment of the trend during these holidays can only be obtained in mid-January – says Brusaferro -. In any case, in no region has the incidence been reached in order to move from the mitigation phase to the containment phase ”.

“Five regions at risk of jobs in the medical area»

“Five regions are 50% more likely to exceed the critical occupancy threshold for beds in the medical area in 30 days and three regions for intensive care,” confirms the president of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, adding that Liguria, Calabria me Veneto have exceeded Rt in the lower limit below 1 and this indicates the probability that the cases will increase. Others like Apulia me Basilicata They have Rt around 1 and others around 1. This gives a signal of attention because they are in the Rt range where the number of cases tends not to decrease».

Locatelli: «Sacrifices bear fruit and bend under control»

«The sacrifices are paying off because it is evident that the epidemic curve remains under control even with a slight increase in Rt at the national level. Faced with numbers that still deserve an effort, we certainly send the strong message that what has been put in place is bearing fruit, “said Franco Locatelli, president of the Higher Health Council, at the press conference at the Ministry of Health the analysis of data from the Regional Monitoring of the Control Room.

«Country lagging behind in vaccines is not generous»

“In addition to the first 470,000 doses of the vaccine, there will be 450,000 to 490,000 weekly doses in January and this is an important piece of information that shows that this will be our largest vaccination campaign. So, reading that the country is late seems ungenerous to me and it is premature to venture just 4 days after the start of the symbolic campaign », confirms Locatelli.

On January 6, Ema is planning the ok to Modern and thus another 10 million and 600 thousand doses of vaccines will be available and the possibility of acquiring an equivalent number of doses of Moderna is in an advanced stage of negotiation. Then adding doses of Pfizer me ModernWe basically hit about 62 million doses, Locatelli says.

Rezza: “The situation is one of transition and uncertainty”

“We are in a situation in which we have a tendency to decrease the incidence with a slight increase in Rt. So it is a situation of transition and uncertainty”, says the Director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza. “We should achieve coverage of around 70% of the population to achieve herd immunity – says Rezza – but this effect will be seen gradually over the months and in the medium term. In the meantime, there is one more reason to be prudent. ‘

«We are working on new test mode recommendations.»

We are working on new recommendations that revise the test methods. Molecular molecules remain the gold standard, but antigens offer useful opportunities. We are also working on a circular that changes the definition of cases, says the Director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza.

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