The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, on the basis of the data and indications of the Control Room, will sign a new ordinance that will go into effect
on Sunday 21 February.
The regions of Campania, Emilia Romagna and Molise pass in the orange area.
The restaurateurs of Naples
immediately hurl themselves against the new closure
: 'Closing is a terrible blow'
THE DRAFT MONITORING
- "It is essential that the population avoids all occasions of contact with people outside their home that are not strictly necessary and to stay at home as long as possible. It is remembered that it is mandatory to adopt rigorous individual behavior and comply with the hygiene and sanitation measures prepared for the distancing and correct use of masks ", highlights the draft of the weekly monitoring by Iss-Ministry of Health.
"In Europe there is a circulation of the virus in all countries. In Italy there is a slight regrowth in progress but we are in a fairly favorable position compared to the incidence of other countries, but the epidemic is subject to waves and therefore we must always have great attention ".
This was stated by the president of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, at the press conference organized by the Ministry of Health on the analysis of the regional monitoring of the control room.
He said a slight regrowth of cases among the youngest, an element "to be investigated".
"The epidemiological trend shows a
slowdown as regards the over 80 and this demonstrates the first effects of the vaccinal campaign
and - explains Brusaferro at the press conference - demonstrating how important vaccination is".
"
There are now few low-risk regions, the incidence at national level is slightly increasing and the average RT is close to 1.
All this shows us how the apparently stable scenario is actually
sliding towards a worsening.
This requires great attention. , especially for the circulation of variants ".
This was stated by the president of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, at the press conference organized by the Ministry of Health on the analysis of the regional monitoring of the control room.
Therefore, "great prudence and restrictive interventions to contain the spread of variants", he added.
THE VACCINATION CAMPAIGN -
"
We have reached 3.3 million doses of vaccine administered.
From Monday to Thursday we increased the doses administered and yesterday 82 thousand doses were administered, with an increase".
This was stated by the President of the Higher Health Council Franco Locatelli, at the press conference organized by the Ministry of Health on the analysis of the regional monitoring of the control room.
"In the pediatric population there is a certain increase in the number of cases, but to avoid alarmism it must be said that data available in the medical literature indicate that in the face of an increase in pediatric patients there is no evidence of a worsening of clinical pictures. Data show that compared to last spring the clinical picture of children is even less severe ".
"The evidence we have available is that by administering the second dose 12 weeks after the first,
the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine is in the order of 82% for all forms of Covid-19 regardless of their severity.
For the more severe forms. this coverage is instead significantly higher "he specified.
"The position of the Technical Scientific Commission of the Italian Medicines Agency, in line with the Higher Council of Health Css, is that the administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine to subjects between 18 and 55 years old was only linked to the numerical consistency of the data relating to the number of vaccinated subjects. From 55 to 65 the case history is more limited but
there is no contraindication or reason for not considering the administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine even in this age group. This must be firmly confirmed "
, said the president of the CSS.
And on
Sputnik
: "The efficacy data of 91% for the Sputnik vaccine is important but it is not the only data, so it is welcome to provide all the documentation possible to allow regulatory agencies to formulate a complete opinion for the authorization of use. A reflection will then be made on the production capacity and the production sites to understand the potential usefulness of this option "
THE VARIANTS, THE UK ONE THE MOST AGGRESSIVE
- "
We must act very promptly and aggressively against the variants that are not yet widespread, namely the Brazilian and South African ones
. So within the
regions red zones must be made. L
a Uk is more widespread and will become dominated, but we must do everything to limit the others "said the director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza, at the press conference organized by the ministry on the analysis of regional monitoring of the control room.
"In the best of estimates, it emerged that the increase in transmissibility of the Uk variant is 39% but with a very varied range over the territory, this means that the UK is transmitted 39% more. But this is different from the prevalence "precused Silvio Brusaferro.
ALARM IN UMBRIA, THE VARIATIONS ARE REPLACING THE ORIGINAL STRAIN.
"
The system of color bands by regions has worked even if it can be improved. Today we have 15,479 positives compared to 297 thousand tests performed: there is a natural fluctuation but the situation seems to be at a higher level than in the previous days.
The deaths are 353 and this confirms that the queue is very long. The data tell us that there is a countertrend towards an initial increase in cases ".
The epidemiologist Gianni Rezza said so.
There are 2,059 people hospitalized in intensive care in Italy for Covid-19, with an increase of 14 units in the daily balance between entries and exits.
Daily admissions were 151. In the ordinary wards, 17,831 people are now hospitalized, down 132 units compared to yesterday.
THE PRESS CONFERENCE
Signs of a trend towards a "gradual increase in epidemiological evolution" are confirmed for the third week and a
"worsening in the general level of risk"
is observed
.
This requires national mitigation measures and punctual mitigation / containment interventions in the most widespread areas, notes the draft.
A "new rapid increase in the number of cases could quickly lead to an overload of health services as it would fit into a context where the baseline incidence is still very high and there are still many people hospitalized for COVID-19".
"It is confirmed, also in light of the confirmation of the circulation of some viral variants with higher transmissibility, to maintain the drastic reduction of physical interactions between people and mobility", notes the draft monitoring.
Italy remains yellow and orange with some red areas, more or less large, but established locally.
In particular, also
Umbria and the autonomous province of Bolzano
remain in orange.
This is what emerges after the ordinances of the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, which concerned only
the transition to orange in Emilia Romagna, Molise and Campania.
However, the governors of Umbria and Bolzano have independently raised the red alert level for certain areas of their territories, such as the province of Perugia.
Meanwhile, there is a region,
Valle d'Aosta
, which could instead be the first to become white, if the incidence of less than 50 positive people per 100,000 inhabitants is confirmed for the third consecutive week, a necessary requirement to switch to lowest level of the chromatic scale.
What seems inevitable, however, seems to be the passage in the red zone of
Abruzzo
, which has already put the provinces of Pescara and Chieti in lockdown.
The governor, Marco Marsilio, is skeptical, according to whom the RT would have dropped from 1.22 to 1.17.
"For this reason - he says - we expect the control room to confirm the classification in the orange zone".
The municipality of Re, with almost 700 inhabitants in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, becomes a red zone.
According to what has been learned, the president of the Piedmont Region, Alberto Cirio, will sign the ordinance in the next few hours that also suspends teaching activities in the schools of Val Vigezzo.
The ordinance, according to what has been learned, will come into force tomorrow evening.
The so-called "reinforced red zone" for the province of Perugia and the municipality of San Venanzo, in that of Terni, has been extended by the Umbria Region until 28 February
.
Amelia, on the other hand, returns to "orange" as remains the rest of the territory not included in the more restrictive provision.
An order from Palazzo Donini provides for this.
This was decided in the light of a trend in infections that "does not yet show a downward stabilization, and in the desire to inspire administrative action to the principle of maximum precaution, as well as to bring the observation period to at least 21 days with respect to restrictive measures ".
An extraordinary session of the Conference of the Regions will be held tomorrow to take stock of the situation in light of the spread of the virus variants and address the issue of pandemic management and the system of rules in view of the expiry of the Dpcm on 5 March. The meeting is scheduled for 5pm.