Remove the protective anti-Covid mask and change the parameters to assign colors to the regions. These are some of the issues under discussion between the government and the regions. "Taking off your mask outdoors? I agree with this hypothesis when 30 million (half of the target population) will be reached with at least one dose of the vaccine. It will take 3 weeks to have good protection, then it is clear that even the mask outdoors where there is no crowding I think it makes sense to put it in your pocket. And you will have to put it back on when there is a crowd and risk ”, said the Undersecretary of Health, Pierpaolo Sileri in an interview with a national radio.
While we are thinking about how and when to remove the mask, a meeting between the Government and the Regions is scheduled for next Wednesday to verify the possibility of a modification of the parameters that determine the color change of the regions and in detail of the Rt. According to what has been learned, the meeting will be preceded by a meeting of the technicians of the regions to develop proposals. The goal of the governors is to no longer consider the spread of the infection for the attribution of colors but l'Rt hospital. For the government there will be the Minister of Regional Affairs Mariastella Gelmini and that of Health Roberto Speranza.
Taking off the mask: a possible possibility because the virus slows down
The number of intensive care units employed by the country continues to decline patients Covid, standing at 24 per cent, 6 points below the critical threshold of 30 per cent. We therefore return to the value of mid-February, that is, before the effect of the third pandemic wave. Furthermore, only 3 regions exceed this threshold and are Lombardy, Tuscany and Puglia. This is shown by the data of the National Agency for Regional Health Services (Agenas), relating to the day of 9 May. Two weeks ago, Covid intensive care was 30 percent and 7 regions beyond this value. In addition, the percentage of beds occupied by Covid-25 patients in ordinary hospital wards continues to drop, reaching 19 percent. Percentage that therefore remains well below the alert threshold of 40 percent. identified by the Ministry of Health.
Even if the data are comforting, the contagion curve continues to be closely monitored by health and institutional experts. According to ministerial sources, in the last 24 hours in Italy they have registered 5.080 new positive cases (yesterday 8292). The new deaths are 198 (yesterday 139). In the intensive care units they are hospitalized 2.158 Covid patients, while in home isolation still remain 356.085 people infected with the virus. The carried out molecular and antigenic buffers are 130.000. The discharged healed today are 15.063 (yesterday 14.416); altogether the positive cases are 3737.670, 10.184 cheaper than yesterday.
