Relaxation of anti-Covid measures in Italy, Gimbe Foundation warning: “Pandemic is not over”
From the scientific world come the first warnings after new seat of the Meloni government on the pandemic. Provisions legitimate time for the president of the Gimbe Foundation Nino Cartabellotta which, however, warns the institutions. The discontinuity with the past, he says, “seems to be reduced to one mere dismantling of the measures in place “,” in the illusory attempt to consign the pandemic to oblivion, ignoring the recommendations of international authorities “.
Explicit words those of Cartabellotta that, regarding the reintegration of the sanitary ware no vax and the proposal to follow the fines for those over 50 who are not vaccinated, speaks of “unscientific amnesty and uneducative “. Then the passage on masks which, for the president of the Foundation, should be made permanent in hospitals and retirement homes, in embrace by Covid, and recommended in all crowded and poorly ventilated environments. The disease “is no longer that of 2020-2021, but the pandemic – he warns – is still in progress”.
In the afternoon the statements of the Minister of Health, Orazio Schillaci. The expiry of the vaccination obligation, he explained, is linked to a “changed epidemiological picture, in particular from the data it can be seen that the impact on hospitals is limited and there is a stability of infections and a stabilization of employment in hospitals. To this is added the lack of staff doctor. “Then the ordinance was signed extension until December 31, 2022, the use of respiratory protection devices in health, social, health and social welfare facilities.
On the masks intervenes, a San Marinoalso the ISS which reminds the need for wear the FFP2 inside all the facilities of the Institute, including pharmacies. On the data front, from 24 to 30 October on the Titan were recorded 130 new cases on 928 swabs (positivity rate on a weekly basis at 14.01%). Currently 2 people are covered in hospital, all in isolation rooms, and 172 are active positives. Regarding vaccinations, 69.48% of the vaccinable population received the booster dose.