"We have to tell the truth. The situation remains dramatic. The emergency is not over, the danger has not escaped. Still difficult months await us. Our task is to create the conditions to live with this virus, at least until we have the vaccine or a cure. " This was stated by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, in two talks with Repubblica and Corriere della Sera in which he illustrated a "Health Plan" in five points: templates and "scrupulous social distancing in the places of life and work", "strengthening the networks local healthcare ", Covid Hospital, a sample study to understand how many are infected in Italy and an app, Korea model, both to map the patient's movements in the 48 hours preceding the infection, and for telemedicine, that is to start a "home care" through clinical tests and direct contacts with doctors. Regarding local health networks, "if you have fast intervention teams, you can keep the patient at home," notes Speranza.
As for anti-Covid hospitals , they must be maintained and increased, "because a wave of return of the epidemic cannot be excluded until there is a vaccine, because the mixed hospital is unmanageable in this context, too risky for other patients and all staff, and because you can't even run the risk of penalizing all the other patients and all the other treatments. It's not that the cancer patient is gone. "
Regarding the swabs , "we will do the swabs even with the pick up in the car," says the minister. This procedure, with the help of Istat, will allow a "viral mapping of the country": with a sample of "several million citizens" it will be understood how many Italians "have contracted the virus, if and how they are immune, how many and in what area can return to normal life. " On the masks, "intelligent diffusion helps us in this battle, as long as you don't use them to go for a run in the woods and avoid using those with the filter, reserved for healthcare personnel", comments Speranza. Looking at the numbers of the epidemic, "there are two data that comfort us: the number of ICU admissions is decreasing and this is fundamental for our hospital system; and the multiplication of the infection is decreasing. Up to a few weeks every infected person transmitted the virus to three other people, now the relationship has fallen below threshold 1 ", says Speranza, who nevertheless underlines the need to still respect the rules:" Without rigor you risk frustrating all the efforts made ".
In Palermo the first plane from China with protective devices - Forty tons of protective devices intended for the health of the island. This is the content of a cargo plane that landed this morning at the Palermo airport on behalf of the Sicilian Region, coming from China. The airlift was commissioned by the Musumeci government, which made use of the synergy with UPMC Italia-Ismett, the multinational giant that is investing in the Asian country. The material, aboard a specially rented Boeing 777, includes surgical masks, gloves, protective glasses, gowns, headgear and leggings, for several million pieces.