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06 June 2020 The positive trend of the trend of the coronavirus infection curve continues. No Region, in fact, recorded an RT greater than 1. This was the result of the monitoring of the Ministry of Health-Iss on the indicators for the so-called Phase 2 relating to the week between 25 and 31 May. 

"There are currently no critical situations related to the coronavirus epidemic." Experts, however, always urge caution and point out that "it is necessary to maintain the resilience of local services high in order to continue promoting awareness and compliance of the population, to carry out active research and diagnostic assessment of potential cases, to isolate cases. confirmed, the quarantine of their close contacts. These actions are fundamental to control the transmission and eventually quickly identify and face epidemic outbreaks ".

"Active transmission outbreaks are documented in almost the entire Peninsula. This finding, which is largely due to the intense screening and investigation of cases with identification and monitoring of close contacts, nevertheless highlights how the epidemic in Italy of COVID- 19 is not completed ", highlights the monitoring of the Ministry of Health-Iss.

From the monitoring point of view, the experts note "a strong improvement in the quality and detail of the data sent by the Regions to the Ministry of Health and the ISS and discussed in the control room".

Based on the performance of the data of Covid-19 in Italy, the conclusion of the monitoring report authors is that "the lockdown measures in Italy have effectively allowed a control of Sars-Cov-2 infection on the national territory despite a context of persistent widespread transmission of the virus with very different incidence in the 21 autonomous regions and provinces ". The situation photographed by the report, "relating mainly to the first transition phase, is overall positive".

There are transmission signals with new reported outbreaks describing an epidemiologically fluid situation in many Italian regions. "This - conclude the ISS and the Ministry of Health - requires rigorous compliance with the measures necessary to reduce the risk of transmission such as individual hygiene and physical distancing".