- Dl May, Count: substantial intervention but it is not panacea, we do everything possible
Share
May 05, 2020 "I asked for more than 3 billion euros in the May decree, which will be approved this week, to give more strength to our Health Service". This was said by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, who spoke at 'Di Martedì' on La7.Are the numbers of coronavirus infections expected to increase with Phase 2 reopenings? "We are working so that it is not so," replied the minister.
"For this reason - he said - we are very cautious, we started out gradually, with all precautions". "And - underlined Speranza - we should use the time we have before an even stronger reopening to strengthen our National Health Service". "I think this - the Minister of Health reiterated - is the essential point: the time recovered it must allow us to strengthen our territorial facilities, our hospital facilities ".
When I say strengthening territorial services - explained Minister Speranza - it means being faster in swabs, being closer to people, increasing the number of home services, with doctors, health workers, nurses who go home and they try to attack the coronavirus ". And" when I say more money for the hospital area I mean more places forever, indefinitely, in our intensive care. Before this crisis we had about 5100, I think we have to increase this number very considerably. We need to be better able to deal with a possible second wave. "