Cases of Covid in Italy, Rezza and Locatelli drop: "We are in the right direction"

• Coronavirus: there are 23,232 new cases, 853 victims with 189 thousand swabs

• Pfizer vaccine, first 300 distribution points identified

• Ski resorts: Italy's pressing on the EU, meanwhile Austria says no to closure

• Covid and poverty, + 45% requests for help from Franciscan canteens

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November 24, 2020 There is cautious optimism because the positives are decreasing, offset by the numbers on deaths. We know that the effects of this long trail will be seen for some time. "This was stated by the Director General of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza, during the press conference on the epidemiological situation held in the Ministry of Health together with the President of the Superior Council of health, Franco Locatelli

"Today there are 23,232 cases, a slight increase compared to yesterday, but with 40 thousand more swabs - said Gianni Rezza - unfortunately accompanied by 853 deaths, the highest figure of the second wave. Today 188,659 swabs and the proportion of positives has decreased. on the total number of swabs. However, a bad figure for deaths, 853, an increase of 200 compared to yesterday. An unfortunately high number. As we know, even when new cases tend to decrease thanks to the impact of the measures taken, the indicators that fall last are precisely those relating to the overload of intensive care and the number of deaths ". 

"In view of the number of deaths, which must remind us to move forward with the strategy taken, 12.31% is the swabs-cases ratio, the number of accesses to intentional therapies is 6 compared to of 120 a week ago, and that of hospitalizations is 120 in the medical area against 528 a week ago. So the indicators go in the desired direction ".

This year between 17 and 18 million doses of the flu vaccine have been acquired, but it can happen that the doses arrive in a staggered way for production reasons. Clearly there was a lot of demand and so if the supplies hadn't arrived all over this has brought discomfort, but the campaign is going well and we are satisfied. Gianni Rezza said this during the press conference at the ministry of

health.

"Roughly at least between 60% and 70% of the population should be vaccinated against SarsCov2 to obtain herd immunity. Gianni Rezza said during the press conference at the ministry of health." That means vaccinating 42 million of Italians, added Franco Locatelli, and this is a great challenge. But there will be a progressive increase in vaccine doses starting from 2021 and having more than one vaccine is an advantage. " 

" We hear that there is a delay and a lack of strategy in plan for vaccination against Covid. Nothing more false. We are working intensively on the vaccine plan, and today we also held a two-hour meeting. The country must be clearly aware that it is working and how ". 

" The school also in the latest analyzes made is confirmed to contribute in an absolutely marginal way to the transmission curve of SarsCov2. The potential to infect over 10 years is the same as in adults, while under 10 years it is less but not absent. 

Too risky to open the ski lifts this winter: "Maybe it's better to hold out a little longer. Without a complete lockdown we were able to reduce the speed of circulation of the virus. We continue to make some sacrifices" .

"Many people love to ski - added Rezza - and we know that there are great economic interests. But last year between February and March we saw many lines at the ski lifts, and many infected people left the sky resorts who, returning home, fueled many outbreaks. So what moves around skiing, huts, closed places, aggregation, creates particularly risky situations ".

"It is true that there is a need for European coordination. I believe that too risky situations must be avoided, I would not like the fact that we look with optimism at the effect of the measures taken would lead us to relax too much these measures with consequences that can be very harmful. We have the hope that in a few months we will be able to begin vaccinating more and more people, gradually, greatly reducing the impact of this damned pandemic ". 

"Nobody underestimates the impact of the blocking of skiing, neither in economic terms for those who work there and for the territories, nor is the importance for those who love this type of sport, however the current numbers do not make a hypothesis of reopening of the plants compatible. Otherwise it would mean exposing the country to a resumption of infections. On this front we need consultation at European level, fundamental to avoid that what cannot be practiced in Italy takes place in other countries ".