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October 22, 2020 There are several red zones on the horizon.
If the infections were to increase at the rate of recent weeks, it is likely that mini lockdowns will be established in areas with a high rate of contagion.
Special surveillance these days are the metropolitan areas of Milan, Genoa, Naples and Rome.
And the regional governors are preparing: they ask the consent of the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, to "protect themselves" against further tightening, curfews or red zone measures. Contacts are also underway with the Minister for Regional Affairs, Francesco Boccia, who despite his state of fiduciary isolation (the former Minister De Girolamo is positive) has heard almost all presidents on the phone providing their support: the goal remains " to protect work and school as much as possible, but to intervene territorially where there are critical issues ".
One of the alarms comes from Campania, where the vice president of the Naples Medical Association warns me: "the news coming from the hospitals worries me a lot. For this reason it is good to tell us out of the teeth, Campania is sick. Naples is sick". And the governor De Luca runs for cover with a photocopy of the Lombardy ordinance curfew, but takes a step sideways on the school, authorizing the activities of elementary schools from Monday. Only middle and high schools remain closed in the region. After an interview with the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese, the governor collected the immediate sending of one hundred soldiers to support checks on the territory and for compliance with anti-Covid ordinances. But with the possibility of travel restrictions between provinces. The government controversy with the mayors, who had contested the tightening on nightlife and the road closures "at their expense", also seems to be behind it.
Another city under observation is Milan. An imminent lockdown is predicted by Antonio Giampiero Russo, Head of Epidemiology at the Health Protection Agency of the Lombard capital. Perhaps, he speculates, a two-week stop "continuing with any other short 'accordion' lockdowns". According to the expert "it is inevitable with a Rt a2.35. It is clear that this time we are more aware, the restrictions could last for a shorter time. The truth is that we must act on the social conscience. The cases in Milan tell us that the virus reactivated this summer, with people going everywhere in Spain, Greece and Croatia and bringing the virus back home. Today Milan is like Lodi was in March. " "Certainly - says Russo - there are more swabs, we look for the virus better, but it is also true that the virus has grown more, especially among young people, those who have children at school and professional contacts. If Milan is fast, it is the virus is fast too ". With respect to the impact on the health system, "all epidemics historically correspond to moments in which companies have had to review their organization. But at this moment it must be said that it is unthinkable to leave so many ICUs open permanently, too expensive, because we permanently need of other types of interventions. We must rather become able to open and close quickly, as they did in China. " Furthermore, "tracing has become too many: each case leads to 50 interviews, lasting two or three hours each. We need a workforce that we do not have. But it must be said that social awareness is increasing".
High circulation of the virus also in Genoa: "The virus circulates in a very important way in Liguria, especially in the city of Genoa, confirms that this time it is the big cities where there is a very high population density that are not affected by the disease. the province". This is the trend of the dicovid-19 contagion confirmed by the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti this morning on Radio 1. "Between Genoa and the rest of Liguria there is a very important difference - he explains -, so much so that we have taken specific measures to the city of Genoa, as we took it for La Spezia, when a few weeks ago it was hit by a cluster ". "In Genoa, the mayor has identified three areas that will be forbidden to traffic and will be closed to the passage of human beings. On Genoa there are two other ordinances of the Region with another series of areas where we have closed something with limited activities. We try to contain contagion as much as possible ".
Awaiting the meeting in the next few hours between the metropolitan cities and the Viminale - now at the center of mediation with local authorities - a circular from the head of Cabinet, Bruno Frattasi, was sent to the Prefects, which provides some indications on the implementation profiles of the Dpcm on anti-covid measures. Among these, there is also the possibility of providing for "a partial closure of streets or squares, that is, restricting access without totally prohibiting it, with the limitation of entrances", or 'limited number' accesses. The mayors must inform both the trade associations and the citizens concerned of the closure of squares and streets at risk of crowding with "adequate means of communication". There will be margins of flexibility on compliance with timetables and for checks, if necessary, the help of the army is also provided.