• Phase 2, the deputy minister of Health Sileri: the Immuni app ready for use
  • Phase 2, the experts: "Positive data" but "there remains a danger of a new wave"

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May 29, 2020 "In the autumn, from October onwards, the season begins in which upper respiratory infections spread and flu vaccination is recommended: it is the season in which airborne infections are more likely to spread respiratory tract increases and it is evident that, for the scenarios that we can imagine, a pathology such as that sustained by the sars-covid2 virus, which is transmitted by droplet and contact above all, presents itself as a pathology that can be more widespread and can also be characterized by a confusion with other respiratory symptoms ". This was stated by the president of the Higher Institute of Health Silvio Brusaferro, in a hearing at the Chamber Budget Commission on the relaunch dl. "The closer you get to the season where this type of infection occurs - he explained - and the more you can face a probability of greater diffusion: the hypothesis of a second wave. From a technical-scientific point of view it is a given objective , how declining the various events with respect to seasonality is another area, but we know that in autumn the probability of transmission increases, "concluded Brusaferro.


"With next week we are heading towards an even more important challenge, namely that of the liberalization of mobility between the regions and at an international level, which requires an even more careful, even more precise, ability to monitor the phenomenon and to respond where they should check for small outbreaks "of new Coronavirus cases.
"Tracking contacts early is one of the essential points in the control strategy: the app certainly helps, but it is not the magic solution. Technology helps to reduce time, but does not eliminate the fact that there must be a professional who speaks with gives people recommendations, then helps people live the quarantine dimension. "

This epidemic poses a series of questions and opportunities. I think it can be a great opportunity to think about health for the next ten years. "So the president of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, in the hearing of the Budget Committee in the Chamber." From this experience - he continued - I like to imagine that we come out stronger and we are able to plan by strengthening the health of our country and adopting measures that this type of experience has taught us. "On the app, for Brusaferro," the theme must be placed in its dimension from a technical point of view. One of the essential points in the organization of control is to make early contacts. Being able to have technology that reduces time certainly helps. But - he added - technology does not eliminate the fact that there must be a professional who speaks with people, gives recommendations and helps. The app is an extra tool that helps, but it is not the magic solution ".