The contagion curve goes down but coexistence with the notorious virus that generated the pandemic, according to experts, just doesn't work. "I hope that the new government will leave the strategy of coexistence with the virus and embrace that of elimination".
These are the considerations of Walter Ricciardi, professor of hygiene atCatholic University of Rome as well as advisor to the minister of health Roberto Speranza. The expert underlined his concern at seeing a "worsening trend of the epidemic", also due to the new, more contagious variants.
Coexistence with the virus just doesn't work
“The strategy of eliminating the virus is working in the countries that have adopted it. While coexistence - remarked Ricciardi - is forcing us to continually push and pull which are detrimental to health, the economy and the psychology of people ".
With respect to the epidemiological situation, Ricciardi put it this way: “The regions that have been bitchy they are seeing decreasing cases, the orange regions are stable and the yellow ones are getting worse. The strong concern is that these new variants are much more contagious and alter the balance in a pejorative sense ".
Today's data
As for the contagion curve, the Ministry of Health announces that in the last 24 hours they have been recorded 7.970 new positive cases. Yesterday there were 11.641. There are 307 victims today, compared to 270 yesterday.
They are 144.270 the tests (molecular and antigenic buffers) carried out in the last 24 hours in Italy (yesterday 206.789) with a positive rate of 5,5 percent (yesterday it was 5,6%).
People admitted to intensive care in Italy for Covid-19 are 2.143, up 36 units compared to yesterday. The daily entrances were 139. The hospitalized with symptoms are instead 19.527, up 261 from yesterday. The discharged healed today are 15.082 while the overall cases of positivity are 419.604, 7.420 cheaper than yesterday.
