"There is a condition of growth, but not critical, of the cases of Covid and the hospitals are not under stress. With the arrival of the cold season I believe we will see a higher circulation of the virus but the National Health Service is able to help you front".
The Deputy Minister of Health
Pierpaolo Sileri
told Coffee Break on La7
.
"I doubt - he stressed - that we will have a second epidemic wave as we saw it in February-March, because we have learned to live with the virus".
Today in intensive care "there are 120 hospitalized. It is clear that the trend of cases is growing - said Sileri - but the commitment is extremely low.
Furthermore, in intensive care there are also patients with other pathologies".
As noted, he added, "there are many cases of returning from holidays. We will have an increase in cases, but as long as we control the outbreaks the situation will be manageable".
And after the first case of contagion of a high school
student
in Rome in an international institute,
a student who attends the "Malignani" Technical Institute in Cervignano del Friuli (Udine), and present in the class in these days for remedial courses, is tested positive for coronavirus.
This is the first case that has emerged so far in Friuli Venezia Giulia.
This was announced by the head teacher of Isis Bassa Friulana, Oliviero Barbieri.
The school complex was closed for sanitation, while a dozen students and two teachers, who have been in contact with the pupil, will be subjected to the swab.
In the coming days, the remedial courses will continue online.
New death in Calabria, after more than three months, of a Covid 19 positive patient.
The victim is a 72 year old from Naples, probably on vacation on the Ionian coast of Cosenza, hospitalized in the infectious disease ward of the Annunziata hospital in Cosenza since 25 last August.
Subsequently his condition worsened and it was necessary to be transferred to the intensive care unit, where he died.
The latest death from Covid 19 in Calabria dates back to 29 May.
On that occasion the victim was an 82-year-old woman who died in the "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Metropolitan Hospital in Reggio Calabria.
The total death toll since the start of the pandemic rises to 98.
"We cannot hide our concerns about the increase in positive cases recorded in recent days. However,
compared to what happened last February when the arrival of the epidemic took us suddenly, this time we can say that we are prepared
" .
This was stated by professor
Raffaele Bruno
, director of Infectious Diseases at San Matteo in Pavia, speaking at the presentation of the book "The History of Coronavirus in Pavia" (Typimedia publisher) written by journalist Alessandro Repossi.
"We do not have certain scientific data to predict what will happen in the coming months - underlined the Pavia-based infectious disease specialist -. Of course, it cannot be denied that in the last few weeks the virus has started to circulate again. If the infections increase, consequently the hospitalizations also increase. those in intensive care, although fortunately the situation remains under control. To prevent the spread of the virus, the known rules remain fundamental: wear a mask, social distancing, wash or disinfect your hands several times a day. Certainly it can be regulated. everything, but not the sense of responsibility that depends on people's behavior ".