Covid emergency in Italy: the vaccination campaign exceeds 15 million inoculated doses. The monitoring system has detected the data of 15.099.777 administrations since the beginning of the vaccination campaign. In practice, 87,2 per cent of the doses delivered to the Regions were administered. The distribution of the more than 400 doses of Moderna vaccine that has arrived at the national hub of Pratica di Mare is also underway. And while the vaccination campaign finally acquires the right pace, the contagion curve is always under observation.
According to data released by the Ministry of Health, in the last 24 hours, they registered 12.694 new positive cases (yesterday 15.370). The victims of today are 251 (yesterday 310). The currently positive cases are overall 504.611 (yesterday 505.308). The discharged healed are 13.134 (yesterday 16.484). They are still in home isolation 477.652 people infected with the virus while hospitalized in intensive care are 3.311. The swabs made in the last 24 hours are 230.116 (yesterday 331.734).
Over 15 million doses already administered but caution is a must
Italy is moving towards the early reopening on April 26 but some alerts arrive from the experts, also regarding the hypothesis of lifting the curfew currently scheduled for 22. "The numbers - underlines the Undersecretary of Health Pierpaolo Sileri - are not yet so good as to break down the restrictions. And it's too early to lift the curfew ". However Sileri is confident and assures that the reopenings are "irreversible: we will no longer have to fear of having to close, given that the vaccination campaign advances". Sileri invites you not to run on curfew and adds that bringing the RT far below 0,8 will allow for a reduction "but currently the incidence of infections is still high."
"When it eases, it is normal for the epidemic to start again, there is a risk of reopening. But, we have an early warning system to intervene immediately ”. This was explained by Gianni Rezza, head of Prevention of the Ministry of Health and member of the Cts. “The acceptable risk for an epidemiologist is zero - remarks Rezza - for an economist it can be 100. And for those who have had to close a business it is even higher. It is legitimate for politics to find a synthesis. In fact, the two to three weeks following April 26 will be crucial ”. Furthermore, Rezza makes it known that they could have the green light too salivary tests considered "now as reliable as the swab".
Cautiously optimistic also the health minister Roberto Speranza which was expressed in the course of a television broadcast. "At this stage we have to keep two words together: trust and prudence. We have entered a different phase thanks to the vaccination campaign - underlined Speranza - they were one million doses of vaccine administered in 3 days. The share reached is 15 million in total. We are in a position to build one road map one step at a time and with balance. The data tell us about a different phase, but there will not be an 'x' phase in which all measures will disappear ”.
