Coronavirus. Brusaferro: "Avoid all occasions of aggregation. No gatherings at Christmas"

• Covid, Brusaferro: the number of cases begins to flatten

• Brusaferro: "Complex indicators but they help to understand the risk"

• Brusaferro: "Almost all the Regions at high or moderate risk".

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• Coronavirus, Brusaferro: "Regional data must be read in their entirety"

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November 28, 2020 The epidemic data improves, "but we absolutely must not slow down the measures and relax. The overload is still high in many regions".

This was stated by the President of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, at the press point at the Ministry of Regional Monitoring of the Control Room.

"The curve flattens out but is still very significant - he reiterated - and if it does not decrease very quickly it becomes a critical factor. We must continue to drastically reduce physical interactions and opportunities for aggregation".

"Travel for Christmas? With these numbers it is difficult to think about mass travel. The incidence is still high and the next few weeks are very critical with respect to our ability to respect the distancing and avoid aggregations but if we do not do it the risk is that the numbers start again "warns Brusaferro.

"This system that our country is adopting with the contribution of the regions, the state, all the bodies we represent, the extraordinary commissioner, the CTS, is showing that it is capable to shape the curve and respond with flexibility by the national health service, and this is the result of an investment, of a planning, of an enormous commitment "underlines the President of the ISS.

"All regions are high-risk, there are moderate regions in the critical phase, and moderate regions in a lower step. The transmission speed is slowing down, thanks to the measures taken. it does not mean that we have to relax the measures, that we have to relax because the number of new cases is very significant, if it does not rapidly decrease it becomes a critical factor. Ten regions have been at high risk for several weeks, we have to make sure that they rapidly decrease. reduce interactions, respect distances and limit gatherings as much as possible in their own homes ", continues Brusaferro, adding that" the only way to reduce cases is to have a rt below 1 ", he added. 

"The median age" of Covid cases in Italy is "around 48 years" - underlines Brusaferro - This indicates that older people are getting the infection.

Hence the importance of protecting these categories ". For the deceased the average age exceeds 80 years. 

" Almost all regions have deployed resources such that today we can see a decrease of the probability of complete saturation of intensive care "continues Brusaferro. And he explains:" The curve of occupancy of beds in the medical and intensive care area is flattening out.

Keeping intensive care for Covid below 30% means guaranteeing the remaining 70% for other diseases ". 

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- Istituto Superiore di Sanità (@istsupsan) November 28, 2020

"For the first time we record a decreasing trend of cases and this confirms the importance of the measures. It must serve only as an incentive and motivation to move forward in this direction. Now the percentage of positives on tampons is between 11 and 12% but there is still a lot of room for improvement. Deaths will be the last to decrease and in the meantime it is necessary to avoid a message of loosening of attention, in particular for the regions that pass in less marked colors, remain responsible behavior ". Thus the president of the Superior Health Council, Franco Locatelli, in a press conference on the analysis of the data of the Regional Monitoring of the Control Room. 

Current numbers "are not compatible with the opening of ski lifts". Thus the president of the Superior Health Council, Franco Locatelli, in a press conference on the analysis of the data of the Regional Monitoring of the Control Room, underlining that a strong message "I am sure that the EU countries will also give it". And he adds: the religious celebration of Christmas "must be

made compatible with the measures already agreed with the CEI to prevent it from being translated into a generation of possible transmission outbreaks". On New Year's Eve he warns: "It is clear that what we are used to seeing, with parties and gatherings in the squares and streets, is absolutely unimaginable and incompatible with the epidemic situation. This must be said with absolute clarity".