Italy's epidemic slows, government calls for vigilance
Xinhua News Agency, Rome, April 5 (Reporter Chen Zhanjie) Borelli, head of the Italian Civil Protection Department and Commissioner of the New Crown Virus Emergency Response Committee, said at a regular press conference on the 5th that Italy ’s implementation of the national control measures for nearly a month is working, Never let your guard down.
According to data released by the Italian Civil Protection Department, as of 18:00 on the same day, a total of 128,948 newly diagnosed cases, 15,887 deaths and 21,815 cured cases have been accumulated in Italy. There were 525 new deaths that day, the lowest value since March 20.
The data shows that the cumulative number of diagnosed and cured cases in Italy increased by 4316 and 819 cases respectively over the previous day. Of the currently diagnosed patients, 28,949 received general treatment in hospitals and 3,997 received treatment in the intensive care unit, the numbers were slightly lower than the previous day.
Borelli said that Italy ’s implementation of national control measures for nearly a month is paying off, but “we must not relax our vigilance ... It ’s still extremely important that residents continue to stay at home and go out only when necessary by law”.
Earlier in the day, Borelli told the media that the production of masks in Italy is increasing and that all residents will be able to get masks in the next few days, which will further enhance Italy's resistance to epidemic diseases. The government of the Valle d’ Aosta region in the north of the country stipulates that starting from the 5th, all residents must wear gloves and masks when they leave the house.
Italian Minister of Public Administration Fabiana Dadorne said on the 5th that Italy currently has three quarters of civil servants working at home, and the proportion of the Lazio region where the capital Rome is located is as high as 96.6%.
In order to prevent the epidemic from spreading further, Italy entered the state of "closing the city" from March 10, and closed all stores except food stores and pharmacies from March 12, and closed all parks and other stores from March 21. Public places, but the public transportation, logistics, post office, banking and food production industries maintain normal operations and operations to ensure basic life services to the public. Italian Prime Minister Conte announced on April 1 that the end of the "closed city" measure will be postponed from April 3 to April 13.