Coronavirus, European task force: moderate to “high” risk. Lombardy over 65: “Don’t leave home for two or three weeks”

The European Commission is thinking of a task force for Europe. Because the level of coronavirus danger in Europe has gone from moderate to “high”. This was stated by the President of the European Commission Von Der Leyen.

But Italy tries again to leave. The Duomo of Milan reopens, with all the necessary precautions. The secondary doors were opened at 8 “for a short prayer” while the faithful who want to visit the cathedral, who will enter in a limited number to avoid gatherings, according to the Prime Ministerial Decree, access will be allowed from 9. But the Councilor for Welfare of Lombardy region – where there is a positive assessor – Giulio Gallera launches an appeal to the over 65s: “It is true that the pathology is widespread but 50% overcome it without realizing it and 40% have no serious problems. But there is 10%, which is what goes to intensive care, and almost all of them are over 65. So I invite the elderly to go out as little as possible in the next two / three weeks “. In the meantime, a high school has been closed on the outskirts of Rome, Pascal of Pomezia, after a student’s dad – a policeman on duty in Spinaceto, in the southern part of Rome – tested positive. His two sons, his wife and sister-in-law, are also positive. Thus the A-L computer course attended by the policeman’s senior staff was also closed. And always in Rome a Capannelle firefighter tested positive. Spallanzani reports that of the 7 inpatients – including the Chinese couple now recovering – only one is of concern.

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by MICHELE BOCCI
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Meanwhile, the first case is registered in Sardinia, in Cagliari. The Region announces that the patient, now hospitalized, was positive: verification is awaited for confirmation from the Higher Institute of Health to which the swab was sent.

Giovanni Rezza, director of the Infectious Diseases Department of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, host of a radio program, explains that it is necessary to avoid alarms even if the trend of the virus is still in a growth phase. “We don’t know if it has already reached its peak, but it is normal that when the number of cases increases, even the most serious ones grow.” Hope is in the hot season, because we tend to be more outdoors. Rezza also responds on virus containment measures, in particular that on the “safety distance”. “In this period it is better to be a little unsocial, it is a temporary measure, it will pass. Changing social behavior for a period .. what will it be?”. And again: “We do not know if we have reached the peak or if it will grow exponentially because there are important interventions in progress, important social interventions, which can be very effective. Then we will be able to see the decrease in the number of cases as we hope.”