Covid; From today 10 Regions in yellow, Liguria towards orange the positivity rate flies

by Lorenzo Attianese

A surge in the positivity rate, from 13 to 22%, and the hospitalizations that are growing in eight regions, with Liguria first to approach - after months - the orange zone again

, an increasingly close scenario in Italy, where

. Lombardy, Piedmont, Lazio, Sicily, Calabria, Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Liguria, Marche, Veneto and the autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento.

In the last 24 hours, the virus makes its umpteenth leap and the Government is already working to find a square, which does not promise to be very easy, on the next measures that will be discussed in the CDM on Wednesday. Although there is not yet a defined calendar on the measures in the pipeline, the discussion on the

will

at the table of the Council of Ministers

. Authoritative exponents of the Democratic Party, in the wake of the requests of trade unions and Confindustria, go further and aim - seeking the support of Forza Italia and M5s - to immediately collect the measure of the vaccination obligation from 18 years upwards for all. A definitive close to the No Vax, which is agreed by the coordinator of the Scientific Technical Committee, Franco Locatelli, according to whom the conditions are ripe for this type of provision. But in the Executive there seems to be no leaks forward: the debate is open and reflection is underway, however the only measure on which there could be a certain agreement right away is the extension of the obligation of the reinforced green certificate to employees of the public administration. In the category of private work, on the other hand,there would be some complexities to overcome and for this it will be necessary to consult trade unions and companies since the Government intends to arrive at choices that are as shared as possible. It is therefore not certain that the solution will arrive by January 5.

The

still remains to be addressed

. Even if there is no postponement of the date of return to class (the schools will reopen between 7 and 10 January), the Executive evaluates some changes proposed by the Regions, such as the

, while those immunized would remain in the presence. This hypothesis has raised some discontent in the majority, in particular from the Lega and the M5s, but the Government makes it clear that it will do everything to avoid the closure of schools.

In any case, technicians and political mediators will be at work immediately, because the virus is running. With the latest bulletin (

), the first data from the New Year's weekend just past record daily numbers of the lowest infections, in line with the physiological decline in the figures over the weekend. But while the number of swabs is relatively limited, 'only' 278,654 tests, the positivity rate now spikes to 21.9% and ordinary hospitalizations have been almost 500 more in 24 hours.

The analysis of the Agenas confirms this:

. The latter could soon move into the orange zone, with 22% (+1) of the seats occupied for Covid in resuscitation - beyond the limit of 20 - and 28% (+1) in ordinary wards, just two percentage points from the threshold of 30. Due to the impact on hospitals, the Ligurian governor Giovanni Toti asks to push on vaccinations and reflects on a fact: "of the 47 hospitalized in intensive care in hospitals in the region, 35 are not vaccinated".

In the next two weeks - according to the extended report of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità -

.

And the effectiveness of the booster coverage against Omicron becomes more and more a certainty.

"Following the administration of the booster dose in healthcare workers, the percentage of Covid cases in healthcare workers decreases", the dossier continues.