“Situation can get out of hand”

Doctors’ alarm for the reopening announced by the government, with the reinstatement of the yellow zone in an enhanced version from 26 April. “We are expressing a strong concern”, Filippo Anelli, the president of the Federation of the Orders of Doctors and Dentists (Fnomceo), told Adnkronos Salute. “The country is in a really difficult situation – said Anelli – the citizens are tired, the impression we have is that the country can no longer hold up and it is therefore understandable that the government tries to give an answer. The doctors, however, are worried – underlines – because the English variant which is the predominant one in Italy has a very high level of diffusion even compared to the classic Covid and the levels of occupancy of resuscitators – recalls the president of the doctors – are still quite high. If on the one hand it is understandable that the government do something to give answers, we must also express the fear that this situation could somehow get out of hand “.

“The real hope – adds Anelli – is that on the one hand the increase in the number of vaccinations and on the other hand being able to stay outdoors can represent a factor in favor of the reopening”. As for activities in indoor places such as cinemas “we should develop purification and air exchange tools that are able to retain biological microparticles, this – President Fnomceo recalls – it is possible to do so, there is no need of a great technology but today more than ever we have all understood that the concentrations in a closed environment of high levels of viruses can be the powerful tool of transmission and contagion and perhaps more should be invested to obtain purified places “.

In the meantime, to avoid that with the resumption of many activities the contagion of Covid-19 spreads, recommends Anelli, “we try to stay indoors as little as possible, we always wear the mask even outdoors and if we have to remove it, keep the distance of two meters, not a meter and we never forget to disinfect your hands. If you keep a good mask, you are outdoors and your hands are disinfected frequently, the chances of contagion are significantly reduced “.

As for the summer, “I am optimistic also on the basis of last year’s experience. Of course – he adds – if we had kept a bit more rigid measures for a few more weeks we would have arrived in May like last year with a lower incidence level and this would have favored us. But we hope that President Draghi’s calculated risk was born under a lucky star “, he concludes.

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