The Covid-19 epidemic in Italy is in a "decreasing but slowed down phase"
.
Thus the president of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità,
Silvio Brusaferro
, in a press conference on the analysis of the data of the Regional Monitoring of the Control Room.
"The Rt index" is below 1 in all regions except Molise and Veneto
.
"
According to the monitoring data,
Veneto
has a punctual Rt transmission index of 1.11 and
Molise
at 1.02.
At the national level, the phase is one of "instability and transition. After a few weeks in which there has been a tendency to reduce the Rt index and new cases, there is now a sort of tendency towards stabilization, also due to the impact on 14 days ". Thus the Director General of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza, on the analysis of the data of the Regional Monitoring of the Control Room.
"For 2 weeks a trend towards a slight increase in Rt", 0.90 this week against the previous 0.86 and 0.82 a fortnight ago.
After a decrease in Rt we now have some sort of stabilization,
the reduction is very slight with a slight increase in the Rt which is now at 0.9.
Some regions such as Lazio and Lombardy have an unstable Rt and Veneto has with a number of new cases that seems to be high again.
We need to reduce the incidence of cases and the impact on the National Health Service "given the data on intensive care and 'still above the critical threshold.
The estimate of the increase in contagiosity of
the English variant is +0.4 of the Rt.
There does not seem to be any effect on the efficacy of the vaccine or even on clinical severity, added the director of prevention of the health ministry during the press conference on the weekly monitoring of the Iss-Ministry of Health.
Yesterday Rezza participated in a meeting with British experts and virologists on the situation.
At dinners and lunches during these Christmas holidays, "limiting the number of people is important.
It is not an imposition but a reminder of common sense. The more the size of the aggregations increases, the greater the risk", Rezza stressed.
Appeal that arrives on the day of Christmas Eve.
"Limit the number of people to reduce the risk and probability of transmission" of the virus.
"It is important to
continue to maintain prudent behavior,
especially in these days of holidays and in the areas most affected by more restrictive measures can be considered": says the director of prevention of the Ministry of Health Gianni Rezza in a video commenting on the weekly monitoring of the pandemic, made by ISS and the Ministry.
"For the second consecutive week the national Rt tends to rise and is fixed at around 0.9. The incidence of cases is still very high, especially in some areas. The employment rate of intensive care is still beyond the critical threshold. ".
The
reopening of schools "has always been one of the first objectives
that we have set ourselves. Naturally there has always been a lot of caution" and it is necessary "to evaluate the epidemiological situation at a territorial level".
Thus the Director General of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza, in a press conference at the Ministry of Health.
"One of the reasons why more restrictive measures have been taken - explains Rezza - is also to prepare by lowering the incidence to try to resume the activity in presence".
Particular attention, he points out, "must be paid to extracurricular activities" which get back into motion.
"However, the preparation for the reopening of schools seems to me to be rather accurate. It is clear that when schools reopen, one does not fear transmission within the school environment as much as the fact that a whole series of activities and people are restarted. ".
Finally on the transmission of the virus with the reopening of schools: "It is difficult to say what the contribution to the reopening of schools is to viral circulation. There are several international studies with conflicting results and there is also the fact that children and adolescents have fewer symptoms compared to adults, therefore the inadvertent circulation of the virus could be present and more difficult to ascertain if repeated screenings are not performed. "
