Covid emergency, Italy becomes a dark-colored nation with the epidemic that continues to spread. From the map of Italy of the pandemic, dominated by red, the only white spot disappears. From Monday 22 March the Sardinia turns orange. This, according to the new ordinance of the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, based on the indications of the control room.
Campania remains red and Molise is the only region to leave red for orange. In this dark-colored Italy, the incidence of SarsCoV2 virus infections is significantly increasing, while the Rt contagion index remains stable at 1,6. This is evidenced by the weekly monitoring data of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Iss) relating to the period between 12 and 18 March.
Italy in dark colors
It is still a very serious situation, that of the Covid-19 epidemic in Italy, which feels the weight of the circulation of the variants of the virus. A situation that pushes the ISS to underline the need to maintain "rigorous national mitigation measures", to reduce "physical interactions" and "mobility". And, again, to generally avoid all unnecessary contacts outside your home.
As for the curve of daily infections, according to the data of the Ministry of Health in the last 24 hours the new positive cases recorded are 23.832 (yesterday 25.735); the new deaths are 401 (yesterday 386). The discharged healed are 14.598 (16.292) while overall the positive cases are 565.453, practically 8.914 more than yesterday. The swabs carried out are 354.480; the ICU patients are 2.387 while they remain in home isolation 535.005 people infected with Covid.
Vaccinations at home?
The Cabinet Office of the Commissioner for the Covid Emergency, Francesco Paolo FigliuoloMario Balzanelli wrote to the president of the Sis (Italian system society) 118 replying to the proposal to vaccinate the frail and non self-sufficient people at home. Vaccinations to be performed with the use of self-medications, with doctors and nurses 24 hours a day and also during holidays. The letter explains that “there is the goal of creating a stopping front for the spread of the virus by focusing on large hubs. This is to ensure the administration of large quantities of vaccines. Furthermore, it is also necessary to support a more widespread effort to penetrate the territory ”.
It's still: "In this context, the 118 proposal will be taken into consideration and put into the system with the additional availabilities received ". “The 118 crews - explains the president of Sis 118 - represent the best guarantee of safety in the event of significant adverse events. We can vaccinate at home not only elderly subjects with polypathologies, but also patients with neurodegenerative diseases, the disabled, people with neoplastic diseases, all bedridden ".
