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06 August 2020 "The context is far from simple because in the world it is certainly the most difficult moment with over 700 thousand deaths, and even in the EU the situation is far from peaceful". This was stated by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, in the report to the Senate on the measures taken by the government to address the health emergency linked to Coronavirus.

Monitoring system allowed to manage epidemic
"To date we can give a positive opinion of this first phase of opening, we were worried about the restart of the infection but the monitoring system we built has allowed us to evaluate step by step the impact of these reopenings. The data tells us that the curve despite the reopenings has bent and for some weeks we have been in the phase of stability, the virus still circulates but prevention allows us to be able to intervene. The monitoring system was one of the points that allowed us to manage the epidemic ", he called Hope.

In Italy, lower data in the EU
For Ecd in Italy there are 5.2 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, the lowest in Europe, said the Minister of Health. "Italy - he added - is better placed for the epidemic situation and this is a result of the whole National Health Service and they were made possible by the behavior of our fellow citizens. Nobody had an instruction manual and yet the republican institutions have held up. Yet the data tell us that we are much better but I don't think the battle has been won and we still cannot be safe and we must keep our guard high ".

The rigorous measures have stopped viruses in the most affected areas
"2.5% of Italians have encountered the virus and matured antibodies according to the serological survey that has just ended but the relevant data is the geographical distinction, and the most affected region is Lombardy with 7.5% while no southern region reaches 1%: this data tells us that the rigor of the measures put in place has made it possible to stop the virus in geographic areas where the impact has been more severe ". 

There is no zero risk, three basic rules in the new Dpcm
"There is no zero risk and the reopening path must be continued along a line of prudence and caution that has positively brought us here. The three rules remain: masks, distancing and handwashing. These will have to last for August and after: on these three essential rules to continue with caution the path of reopening and the ordinance of August 1 proposes them and we will bring them back to the next Dpcm ", said the minister. "Let's not divide ourselves about the masks, the distancing and the washing of the hands. It is a shared heritage and it is three essential rules," he added.

With EU working for Covid vaccine contracts
"With the European Commission we are working to close contracts with all the other pharmaceutical companies that are working on anti-Covid vaccines, and we will try in the next few hours at EU commission level to close other contracts" for the procurement of a future vaccine, said Health Minister Roberto Speranza. The minister also noted that in this match "Italy is not watching but is at the forefront" and "we hope that further positive results will occur in the next few weeks". A "safe and certain and validated vaccine can put us in the conditions to definitively win the battle, our country is investing us with all our energy. Italy - explained Speranza - has already signed an alliance for vaccines with other countries and we have signed a first important agreement with Astra Zeneca that will allow us to have the first doses of the vaccine candidate by the end of 2020 ". The viral vector of this vaccine, he recalled, "is produced by the Irbm of Pomezia and the filling will take place for the European doses of Anagni". Then there is, concluded Speranza, "an all-Italian Reithera vaccine for which the human testing phase has begun. This is a pride of the country, the path has started and we hope it will be positive".

The schools will reopen in September
"The schools will reopen in September and reopen all, but in safety. The relationship between the healthcare companies and the schools is fundamental because the latter cannot be left alone".

500 mln euro for recovery of NHS visits
"I proposed that within the August decree, resources for half a billion euro should be identified for an extraordinary plan so that the National Health Service can, in the coming months, recover lost visits and checks".

In the next dpcm  reopening of fairs and cruises
Other activities will reopen if we respect the safety rules and continue to continue on this path, but in safety. I can announce that with the next Dpcm we will proceed with other openings such as those referring to trade fair activities and the issue of cruise ships, also considering the importance of these two sectors, which can share within the respect of the rules and protocols ".

Cts minutes delivered to those who have requested them
"The Prime Minister has already taken steps to deliver the minutes of the CTS to those who have requested it and the rule of transparency is that which we do not intend to renounce".