This was underlined by the Minister of Health, speaking during the Health Care Summit of Sole 24 ore. Speranza, commenting on the recent government measures, included in the latest Dpcm, said that it is not “a hard line, but a necessary line”. And, speaking of the data on the spread of infections in Italy, he specified that the Rt index under 1 “does not mean a narrow escape”
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“If we think that a first ray of sunshine means a definitive victory, we risk putting ourselves in difficulty, which is why we are forced to ask for some other sacrifices. This is not nice for the ruler. It would be nice to say ‘let’s remove all limitations, everyone can return to their normalcy’. But we would not tell the truth and we would find ourselves paying a huge price “. With these words, the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, commented on the new government measures, included in the last Dpcm to limit the spread of infections from coronavirus in our country, speaking atHealth Care Summit del Sole 24 ore.
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Hope, underlining that the Government’s “is not a hard line, but a necessary one”, he also explained that “we are faced with two truths”. On the one hand “there is a very complicated situation, the number of deaths of yesterday must make us think, and the absolute number of infected it is still very high “, he commented. On the other hand,” in recent weeks the measures put in place and the model built have produced a lowering of the curve “, said Speranza. Thanks to this intervention, it was possible to” bend the curve without a generalized lockdown “. However, he continued during his speech, we know that” it takes very little to slip back into dangerous situations. We saw it in the summer months, when the movements increased, the attention threshold of respecting the rules was lowered, above all that of wearing the mask, and we paid the price. “In light of this, the weeks of the Christmas break “in which traditionally the social relations that cannot be cultivated during the year are resumed, could therefore be a moment that puts us back in difficulty”, continued Speranza.
Rt sotto 1 “no escape from danger”
“If we look at the dynamics of the Rt, or contagion index, in a few weeks went from 1.7 to 1.4 to 1.18 to 1.08 and today the monitoring data indicates 0.91. In 5 weeks we went from a very disturbing number of 1.7 to a figure of 0.91. This does not mean a narrow escape ”, the minister specified. Rather “it means that the measures have produced effects. It was the goal of the government and regions to go below 1, we finally succeeded but there is still a very difficult game going on, “he said.
The anti Covid vaccination campaign
The Minister of Health, therefore, focused on the issue of vaccination campaign anti Covid for our country. The timing, he explained, “is subject to the authorizations that the European Medicines Agency will give”. Precisely for this reason, “if the EMA will give us maximum security on the checks carried out and on the outcome of the experimentation, the heart of the vaccinations it will be between late spring and summer “. Hope, finally, underlined how, for the vaccination campaign,” we have a plan, with time scans, but giving precise dates for starting vaccinations without first having a formally approved vaccine does not respond to a proper attitude “.
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