The SarsCoV2 virus has resumed circulation in Italy, but at the moment the impact on hospitals is modest. This was stated by the president of the Gimbe Foundation, Nino Cartabellotta, in the broadcast ‘L’Italia s’è desta’ on Radio Cusano Campus.
“Last week we had a jump in weekly cases of over 42%, so the virus has started to circulate again. It is clear – observed Cartabellotta – that the impact at the hospital level is very modest”. In a first phase, he continued, there was the idea that the increase in cases was due to the increase in swabs, but “analyzing the positivity rates of the swabs, the interesting thing is that rapid antigenic agents have a positivity that remains stable or even decreases, while that of the molecular swabs has grown, this is the signal of an increased circulation of the virus “.
In this respect, for the president of the Gimbe Foundation “the North East is doing particularly badly, Bolzano and Friuli Venezia Giulia are also recording higher hospital occupancy rates, the North West, on the other hand, is doing quite well, South and Center are in a intermediate situation “.
For Cartabellotta it is therefore necessary to insist on vaccinations, starting from over 50s not yet vaccinated, to accelerate the third dose for frail over 60s and health workers, over 80s and guests of the RSA. It is equally necessary to “continue to use the mask indoors and avoid gatherings”, just as it is necessary to insist on contact tracing and management of outbreaks. “These aspects – he pointed out – are the ones that will allow us to manage the winter adequately. Inevitably in winter, by spending more time indoors, the aerosol facilitates contagion”.
Regarding the goal of 90% of vaccinated people, Cartabellotta believes that “at this moment, more than reaching 90%, we need to think about covering as many over 50s as possible. still vaccinated. The policy must evaluate how to achieve this goal, also taking into account the vaccination obligation for that age group “. (HANDLE).
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