Chinanews.com, October 20. The integrated European network quoted EUN News Agency. The latest statistics on hospitalizations of new crown patients released by the Italian health department showed that the number of patients hospitalized in 17 regions across the country exceeded the number during the lockdown.
Experts pointed out that since the measures taken will take some time to see results, it is urgent to curb the spread of the virus.
According to the report, Lorenzo Pugliasco, an expert on the epidemic trend analysis website, said that among the 20 regions of Italy, the number of new crown patients hospitalized in 17 regions has exceeded the peak of the epidemic in March, and there are 12 regions. The number of intensive care patients has also increased compared with March.
On October 8, local time, in Rome, the capital of Italy, people wearing masks were walking near the Colosseum.
He pointed out that this wave of epidemic has spread to all parts of Italy, and the number of cases in all regions is increasing rapidly. The beds of new crown patients in some regional hospitals are already in emergency, and the pressure on hospitals in the future is unimaginable.
Italian virologist Roberto Brioni said that the way to deal with the current situation cannot be limited to expanding the number of beds in hospitals, and that this passive trend must be reversed by limiting the spread of the virus.
As the measures taken take 20 days to see results, it is urgent to contain the virus from spreading further.
Walter Ricciardi, a professor in the Department of Health of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome and an adviser to the National Ministry of Health, said that as the weather gradually becomes cold, if the further spread of the virus cannot be effectively controlled, the new crown virus and influenza overlap transmission and infection, severe patients and deaths The number of cases is likely to increase substantially.
He called for stricter control measures in areas with severe epidemics such as Milan and Naples.
Vittorio Demicelli, director of the Milan Municipal Health Bureau, pointed out that Milan is currently facing an unprecedented emergency. With the rapid increase of newly confirmed cases in a single day recently, the local health system has Traceability of contacts and potential patients.
I am afraid that only when everyone stays at home and quarantined can the epidemic be truly mitigated and contained.
It is also reported that the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy has recently issued a decree that the region will implement free rapid virus screening for all residents from October 19 to June 30, 2021, and the number of tests will not be affected. Any restrictions.
The health department predicts that the number of people tested for the virus will reach 400,000 in the first month.
(Huang Xin, Lin Zhuqing)