For the pandemic emergency in Italy it is still a very critical moment and to dispose of the hospitalizations we think about Covid hotels. The data released by the Ministry of Health show some positive signs but a lot of caution is still needed. In practice, the next two weeks will be crucial. This is the message that comes from the scientists of the scientific technical committee that daily monitors the spread of the virus since the beginning of the pandemic.
The data of the last 24 hours recorded 37.255 new positive cases in Italy with an increase in tampons equal to 227.695; there are 544 new deaths. Currently there are 688.435 positive subjects for Coronavirus in our country; of which 3306 hospitalized in intensive care (+76 compared to yesterday). The increase in patients recovered was 12.196 units. As regards the Vaccine against Covid there is a group coordinated by the Prevention department which has drawn up a draft plan which is also being perfected with a reflection with the Regions. The government will give detailed news of this in the coming days.
The moment is critical, decisive weeks await us
“It takes two weeks to see the de-escalation of cases due to the measures imposed on the regions in case of improvement. For the escalation, the response must be immediate ". Thus the director of prevention of the ministry Gianni Rezza who underlined: "We apparently have a decreasing trend in Rt.
This means that there is a trend towards decreasing transmission of the infection in the country. This trend, if confirmed in the coming weeks, could be a consequence of the measures adopted "-
The government thinks about Covid hotels
Meanwhile, Minister Francesco Boccia asked the commissioner for the Covid emergency Domenico Arcuri to take action to make Covid-Hotels available in all the provinces of the territory. "The Covid hotel is a domicile, not a hospital. A protected structure with respect for those patients who have no social or family support. But the rules of engagement must be clear. Only people with a stabilized clinical picture can enter it and who do not need hospital wards even if at low intensity ".
This was stated by the deputy national secretary of the Federation of General Practitioners (Fimmg) Pier Luigi Bartoletti. Which made it clear that in Covid hotels only patients who have already been discharged must have access, even if still with pneumonia or positive for the virus, or people who do not have a serious clinical picture. “The organization of these structures must include control shifts with doctor, nurse and socio-health assistant” added Bartoletti.
Covid hotel: only specialized teams
A Covid hotel is a place with a high risk of contagion, the teams of doctors and nurses used for patient checks cannot be improvised. They must be internists who know how to manage the dressing and undressing of biocontainment suits and other safety devices. We cannot think of sending family doctors, exposing them to the virus. These facilities can be a great advantage in easing the pressure on hospitals, but they need to be organized well". These are the recommendations of Bartoletti from Fimmg.
