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Three days after the reopening of the schools, the “absolute priority” for the prime minister and ministers with the government promised to reiterate on several occasions that there will be no delay in returning to the classroom and that only next week will be addressed the subject of a possible reduction of times. of the quarantine, the increase in cases of COVID-19 This triggers figures that have not been registered in our country since the end of April: almost 1,600 new cases in the last 24 hours, nine times more than two months ago (on July 11 there were 188), which brings the total to 283,180 infected since the beginning of the pandemic. In contrast, ten victims, four less than on Wednesday. Therefore, from the daily bulletin of the Ministry of Health, a series of data emerges that confirms the trend of recent weeks -with the constant increase in cases due to return from vacation- and the consequent need not to lower our guard: in addition to the global data , The number of patients, those admitted to intensive care units and the number of patients in ordinary wards also increased.
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The positives are currently 35,708, 613 more than on Wednesday and those hospitalized are 1,836, 58 more. In resuscitations, hospitalizations for COVID-19 They reached 164, 14 more than on Wednesday but above all four times more than just over a month ago: on July 29 there were only 38 patients in the wards. The region showing the highest increase in new cases is Lombardy, with 245 new cases in 24 hours, followed by Campania (+180) and Lazio (+163), while the only region without new cases is Valle d’Aosta. Figures that are also confirmed in the weekly analysis of the Gimbe Foundation: in the week between September 2 and 8 there was an increase in new cases (9,964 against 9,015), in the current positive (33,789 against 26,754), in care intensive (143 vs 107), of hospitalized patients with symptoms (1,760 vs 1,380). “All these are signs that – says President Nino Cartabellotta – looking at what is happening in France, they require that the attention be kept very high.”
“Although the number of cases reported daily is numerically similar to that reported at the end of February 2020 – underlines the Higher Institute of Health – the epidemiological phase is completely different.” However, there will not be a new total lockdown. “I exclude it” says Chancellor Luigi Di Maio, reiterating when the premier already assured Giuseppe Conte, since the country would not endure another stop. But the need for prudence and maximum attention is there for all to see. “The options that we will have to adopt in autumn certainly depend on the responsibility of the Italians – adds the owner of the Farnesina – we are among the last countries in Europe in terms of number of infections and we owe it to the skill of the Italian people and their responsibility . Let’s make some more sacrifices from the point of view of social distancing, of the mask ”and“ you will be rewarded because we will not have to take drastic measures ”.
One line, that of maximum prudence, which since the beginning of the emergency has characterized all the options of the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza. And it will also affect the next ones, starting with the possibility of reducing the quarantine period to about ten days. However, a final decision has not yet been made: in the next few hours the minister will meet with the coordinator of the Scientific Technical Committee Agostino Miozzo, to talk about this but also about all other aspects related to the elections to be taken in the next few weeks, and on Tuesday the Committee has on the agenda a broader evaluation of the issue also in light of the data that will arrive after the first day of school. Pending the evaluation of the experts and technicians, the line of Hope continues to be, therefore, that of prudence and, in any case, the proposal made in France to halve the period of quarantine 14 to 7 days.
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