"The incidence of positive people in Piedmont, which as of March 7 was 277 per 100,000 inhabitants, could double within the next two weeks under the same conditions".
This was claimed by the president of the Turin Medical Association, Guido Giustetto, who asked for the red zone to be established "immediately" in the region.
"It is insane that the government takes decisions on the basis of surveys dating back 10 days before, using a cumbersome system that does not take into account all the data already available and possible projections - he adds -. Intervening when the situation is now out of control does not serves ".
"The epidemiological situation in Piedmont sees a constant increase, day after day, of infections and hospitalizations for Covid-19, with the real risk of saturation of hospital wards", observes the Order of Doctors, according to which "to wait for more days before proceeding with new measures, which in any case will have to be adopted, it has no logic either from a health point of view or from an economic and social point of view ". "The greatest danger is in fact that the situation here next week could worsen further - adds the Order of Doctors - consequently causing a more marked increase in infections, in hospitalized patients and unfortunately in deaths. But not only: one late closure, in addition to being less effective, also risks being longer and therefore less bearable for economic activities and for the repercussions from a social and psychological point of view ".