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Secret plan: Italy will get millions of vaccine doses as early as January - "Forecasts are really dramatic"

2020-11-11T14:44:50.057Z


The second corona wave also hits Italy hard. The Conte government decides to stricter Covid-19 protective measures. All developments here in the news ticker.


The second corona wave also hits Italy hard.

The Conte government decides to stricter Covid-19 protective measures.

All developments here in the news ticker.

  • Coronavirus pandemic in Italy

    : The number of

    new corona infections

    continues to rise dramatically.

  • The Italian government of

    Giuseppe Conte

    resolves tougher

    Covid-19

    * protective measures

    .

  • Follow all developments regarding the

    second Corona wave

    *

    in

    Italy

    here in the

    news ticker

    .

Update from November 11th, 3:27 pm:

"The forecasts are really dramatic.

Doctors across the country are already in dire straits.

We don't have any more time, we have to stop the further increase in the curve immediately, ”said the

President of

the Italian

Medical Association

,

Filippo Anelli

, to

tagesschau.de

.

It must be an end to the

regional patchwork

of the

fight against Covid-19

.

The massively growing number of

corona infections

from north to south

requires national measures, demand the doctors.

According to the report, the

strategy of

regional restrictions

by Prime Minister

Giuseppe Conte

is being undermined by many regions because they do not want to be considered a

red zone

.

The

Campania

region

with its capital

Naples

is given as a

negative example

.

Despite the

second highest number of infections

in the country, it is still officially a

low-risk area

.

Among other things, because those responsible for the region recently reported a

tripling of their available intensive care beds

, around 1,300, within one day to

Rome

.

Campania has

thus been

spared

the threatening classification as a

red zone

, although several media reports about the

chaotic conditions

in the

clinics

.

Regional

President Vincenzo de Luca

said on Twitter: “Campania is the victim of media aggression.

There are also some bastards among the local managers who are moving around these days

to talk

badly about

Naples

and

Campania

. "

Continua la campagna di aggressione mediatica contro la Campania.

C'è da rimanere esterrefatti di fronte alle parole e alle tesi campate in aria ascoltate da vari interlocutori nella trasmissione Cartabianca.

Di fronte a queste falsità non resta che la querela per diffamazione.

- Vincenzo De Luca (@VincenzoDeLuca) November 10, 2020

The

Tuscany

,

Liguria

,

Umbria

, the

Abruzzo

and

Basilicata

are considered so-called since midnight

orange zones

.

This means, among other things, that all bars and restaurants there must close.

Lombardy

and

Piedmont have been

red zones

since last week

.

There are strict

exit restrictions

.

As reported by the newspaper

La Repubblica

, Prime Minister

Conte

wants to take

stock this weekend in order to possibly correct his regional strategy.

Corona in Italy: Almost 600 deaths in just one day

Update from November 10th, 10.15 p.m.:

Italy

again has many

corona fatalities

to complain about.

With

almost 600 deaths

in connection with

Covid-19

, the highest value within 24 hours in half a year was recorded on Tuesday.

Specifically, the health authorities

stated that they

reported

580 Covid 19 victims

.

A total of 42,330 people have died of or with the virus disease in the country with its around 60 million inhabitants since February.

+

Milan: A health care worker in protective suit works at a checkpoint that was set up after the increase in the number of corona cases.

© Antonio Calanni / dpa

Coronavirus pandemic: "Italy is the first EU country to ban Christmas with the extended family"

Update from November 10th, 8:15 p.m.:

In

Italy

, the family has always held a high position.

Generations live under one roof, the focus is on togetherness.

But the same

Italy

now apparently has to prepare

for a completely different

Christmas

in the

coronavirus pandemic

.

“Families will only be able to meet in the closest circle, first-degree relatives, siblings.

Italy

is the first EU country to

ban

Christmas

with the extended family, "said health

politician Sandra Zampa

in an interview with the daily

La Stampa (Tuesday edition)

:" Most of the current

anti-Covid measures

should also remain in force over the Christmas holidays. "

Within the Conte government, Zampa is significantly involved in the country's corona policy as an undersecretary in the Ministry of Health.

““ This epidemic must be tackled with the utmost common sense.

If there is no turnaround, no health system in the world can withstand the pressure of the epidemic, ”said the 64-year-old.

Corona pandemic in Italy: aid funds over 5.4 billion euros - and new debts

Update from November 10th, 6.30 p.m.:

Once the

Italian economy has

to

cope with

the effects of a

corona lockdown

.

At the end of October, the government of

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte decided on

a new aid package worth 5.4 billion euros, the first money should therefore flow as unbureaucratically as possible in mid-November.

Striking: The financial resources are new debt.

The effects on the grassroots are, however, sometimes drastic.

Recently, for example, taxi drivers protested against the night curfew.

And

tourism also

comes to a standstill once more.

"In November you will

not go skiing

in

Italy

," said the Italian Minister of Sports, Vincenzo Spadafora.

This affects the

Trentino-South Tyrol region

with the

Dolomites holiday region

.

The lifts in well-known

ski resorts such as Cortina d'Ampezzo

(Instagram photo below) are temporarily closed for recreational athletes.

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Corona pandemic in Italy: government secures 1.7 million vaccine doses for January

Update from November 10th, 4 p.m .:

The pharmaceutical companies

Biontech

and

Pfizer

have apparently developed an effective

corona vaccine *

- and went public with this news on Monday (November 9th).

A

secret plan has now leaked

from

Italy

: As reported by the renowned daily

La Repubblica

, the Italian Ministry of Health has secured

around 1.7 million doses of

vaccine against Covid-19

for the second half of January 2021

in top secret negotiations with

Pfizer

.

In a video conference, the

Italian Minister of Health Roberto Speranza

discussed

the logistical and technical implementation of the

vaccine deal

with the company, the report says.

According to this,

doctors and nurses

as well as other employees from the

Italian

health service

are to be vaccinated

with this number of

vaccine doses

.

A comparison: According to media reports, the federal government of Germany is planning nationwide

vaccinations against the corona virus

from March.

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Rome: Roberto Speranza (l), Italian Minister of Health, speaks with representatives of the EU, with Hans Kluge, Head of the World Health Organization Region Europe, during the coronavirus summit.

© Roberto Monaldo / dpa

Corona pandemic in Italy: will the Campania region soon also be classified in red?

Update from November 10th, 3 p.m.:

In the second Corona wave,

Italy

, like other countries, switched to a warning system based on a traffic light.

This is intended to better limit regional focal points in the Mediterranean country as well.

One of the 20 regions on the south west coast is

Campania

with the metropolis of

Naples

and the picturesque tourist places of the

Amalfi Coast

such as Positano or Ravello.

Because of the increasing number of infections, Campania should now be upgraded at least from yellow to orange, the cities of Naples (almost 1 million inhabitants) and Caserta (about 75,000 inhabitants) could even be upgraded to red and thus the highest warning level.

This is reported by the daily

La Repubblica

.

🔴 # COVID19 - La situazione in Italia al 9 novembre: https://t.co/8ciMmO9yfx pic.twitter.com/FiS7Rwt3fT

- Ministero della Salute (@MinisteroSalute) November 9, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic: Corona situation in Italy is coming to a head

Update from November 10th, 12 noon:

The

corona situation in Italy

is getting worse.

In some parts of the country

stricter restrictions

are now to be

imposed.

The region of

Liguria

in the northwest and

Abruzzo

in central Italy are to be declared orange zones on Wednesday.

The presidents there announced on Twitter.

The

Tuscany

should, according to the Mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, are orange.

The

Ansa

news

agency also

named

Basilicata

and

Umbria

as other candidates.

Italy

is divided into three

corona zones

: The strictest measures apply in the red zones.

Orange is the middle, yellow is the lowest.

In orange areas, restaurants and bars must be closed all day.

It is also forbidden to move between different regions and municipalities.

Exceptions apply to driving to work or traveling for health reasons.

The

experts of the Ministry of Health

are for even

more stringent restrictions

.

"The epidemiological situation continues to deteriorate in our country," said expert Giovanni Rezza.

On Monday, the health authorities reported almost

25,300 new corona infections

and

356 deaths

within one day.

The number of new infections is often lower on Mondays due to fewer test capacities at the weekend.

On Saturday, the authorities had reported just over 39,800 cases.

+

Milan: Police officers stand in front of the Milan Cathedral and wear mouth and nose protection.

© Matteo Biatta / dpa

Corona in Italy: Doctors boss calls for "total lockdown" of the country and fears "ten thousand deaths"

Update from November 9th, 2 p.m.: Italy

is deeply in the

second Corona wave

, figuratively speaking, and doctors and nurses are sounding the alarm with a view to hospital capacities.

"We expect hospital stays and intensive care to double next week if the trend doesn't change," said Alessandro Vergallo, president of the Association of Anesthetists of Hospital Resuscitation Doctors (Aaroi) of the daily

La Republicca

.

The

intensive care units are

already under pressure, which is why the “proposal for national isolation is sensible”.

Update from November 9th, 12 noon:

Based on the numbers, the worries in

Italy

about the

corona

virus can be figured out.

The Ministry of Health in

Rome

has now developed its own digital dashboard that

illustrates

the

corona situation

between

Milan

and

Bari,

between

Palermo

and

Naples

.

Accordingly, the following

Covid-19 situation appeared

in Italy

on Sunday, November 8th

:

Corona cases in Italy

People / people

currently positively infected with Corona

558,636

Corona deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic

41,394

Sick of Covid-19 and meanwhile healed

335.074

Total corona cases since the outbreak of the pandemic

935.104

🔴 # COVID19 - La situazione in Italia all'8 novembre: https://t.co/8ciMmO9yfx pic.twitter.com/NJWT0MoxER

- Ministero della Salute (@MinisteroSalute) November 8, 2020

Corona pandemic in Italy: The Covid 19 situation was still under control in midsummer

First report from November 9th

: Munich / Rome -

Italy

was the ultimate memorial in the first big wave of the

coronavirus pandemic

*

.

The pictures from

Bergamo

with military convoys transporting corpses have burned themselves into the collective memory.

After the Mediterranean country had the infection rate largely under control in midsummer, the

Repubblica Italiana

also has

to fight

hard with the

Corona situation

*

in autumn

.

Coronavirus pandemic: Italy is struggling with the second corona wave

Since the beginning of November, a so-called gentle lockdown including night curfew has been in effect in the country with 60 million inhabitants.

Is that enough to press the numbers?

No, says a doctor chief and calls for far more drastic measures to contain the

insidious lung disease

.

"Over the past week we have recorded an average of a thousand hospital stays and over three hundred deaths a day,"

Filippo Anelli

, president of the Federation of Medical Orders,

told

La Repubblica

daily

.

Anelli said, “If the trend stays the same, we will have

ten thousand more deaths

and five thousand patients in the intensive care unit.

We need drastic measures immediately, such as a

total lockdown

”.

Corona pandemic in Italy: Doctors boss makes a drastic demand because of Covid-19

The doctor's boss was concerned and confirmed with a view to

Corona

*

: "Total lockdown now, or we will have 10,000 more deaths in a month."

Follow all

developments on the corona pandemic

in

Italy

here in the

news ticker

.

(pm)

* Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network

Source: merkur

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