“No and I agree with the scientists. I said yes to the increase in spectators but only with strict compliance with the rules and with the guarantee of strict controls: a thousand people in a stadium are few, but even so the distance must be enforced, a mask must be worn and everywhere they must be prohibited the gatherings, inside and outside the plants. An opening with more public is certainly desirable but very gradually, so it is good to wait and see how the epidemic evolves ».
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As Deputy Minister of Health but also as a doctor, what do you expect?
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“I believe there will be an increase in infections: within the first 10 days of October we will be able to see the effects of the opening of schools, but if we manage to keep the outbreaks under control and the increase is gradual, the health system will not be under pressure. We must not let go, with the winter season flu syndromes will also arrive and we must be careful not to clog the emergency room ».
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How to distinguish a cold from Covid-19 infection symptoms?
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«Swabs and quick tests. We are doing a lot but we need to triple them: we need to improve and increase diagnostics. And at the first suspicious symptoms, stay home and ask for tests: in this situation it is wrong to think “it’s just a cold” ».
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At the first sneeze, do you have to lock yourself up in isolation?
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“No, this must be avoided absolutely: we must not leave people at home but ensure that they have an answer in a very short time: today, the result of a tampon takes even more than two days, with the risk of clogging hospitals even in case of negativity “.
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“So in addition to the swabs there are the salivary tests that are already used in airports and now also at school: they are cheaper, they give the result almost in real time and avoid an unnecessary quarantine”.
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Do you agree to reduce the quarantine?
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“They are for those who have had only indirect contact with a positive: today we know more about the virus, and we know that the incubation is between 4 and 6 days, so already on the seventh day you can take a swab and know if you are positive. If not, isolating yourself for another 7 days is useless, too many people are being quarantined today. The situation is different for those who are positive for whom the two-week quarantine is right ».
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How are the Italians behaving?
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“They are very good, but we must continue to strictly respect the 3 rules: mask, distance, hand cleaning”.
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Why does the situation seem out of control in France and Spain?
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“Maybe they understood late on the importance of respecting the rules, abroad they have never been so strict as in Italy”.
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