China News Service, December 26. According to Euronet, citing EUN News Agency, on the 25th local time, data from the Italian Ministry of Civil Defence report showed that in the past 24 hours, there were 19,037 new confirmed cases of new crown and 459 new deaths in the country. example.

As of 18:00 on the 25th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases nationwide in Italy increased to 2028354, with 71359 deaths.

On December 18, local time, a nursing home in Bologna, Italy set up a "hug house" to prevent the new crown virus. The elderly living here can reunite and hug their visiting family through the glass.

The picture shows family members meeting with the elderly.

The average age of patients who died from the new crown was 80 years old

　　According to reports, the epidemic analysis report issued by the Italian National Health Institute on the 24th pointed out that since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the average age of the country's new crown death patients has always been around 80 years old.

　　According to the report, there are currently 737 deaths in Italy under the age of 50, accounting for about 1.2%.

　　The report pointed out that among the deaths under the age of 50, there were 190 deaths under the age of 40. Except for 20 of these deaths, there were no underlying diseases, and everyone else had one or more underlying diseases.

　　From a regional perspective, of all deaths in Italy, Lombardy accounted for 37.9%, Emilia-Romagna accounted for 10.6%, Piedmont accounted for 8.7%, and Veneto accounted for 8%.

　　The report emphasizes that, on average, patients with new crown deaths in Italy have 3.6 underlying diseases, and hypertension is the most common chronic disease. About 66% of deaths are related to hypertension.

In addition, 29.2% of the patients who died had diabetes, 27% had ischemic heart disease, and 23.2% had Alzheimer's disease.

　　On the other hand, of all deaths in Italy, 42% of women and 58% of men have no underlying disease.

Data map: Italy under the epidemic.

Vaccination started on December 27

　　According to reports, Italy will begin to administer the new crown vaccine on December 27, local time.

The Ministry of Health of the country issued a special vaccination precautions on December 25. According to the opinion of the European Medicines Agency, the "Pfizer" vaccine can only be vaccinated for people over 16 years old.

　　The Italian Ministry of Health emphasized that any vaccination unit and medical staff are prohibited from administering to minors under the age of 16 the new crown vaccine for children and children that has not been approved by the Drug Administration.

　　The expert group of the Italian Technical and Scientific Committee pointed out that 60% to 70% of the Italian population must be vaccinated against the new crown, and the vaccinated population must reach 35-40 million, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve the expected goal of the vaccine plan.

Italian Prime Minister Conte asked the health department to complete the vaccination of 10-15 million people by the end of April 2021.

　　Pregliasco, a researcher at the Italian National Institute of Health and a professor of virology at the University of Milan, said that only when 70% of the social population is vaccinated can people slowly take off their masks.

Therefore, before the fall of 2021, the public must still observe the necessary epidemic prevention measures.

　　Andreoni, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the University Hospital of Sapienza, said that with the emergence of various vaccines, 2021 will be a turning point in the fight against the new crown pandemic.

However, Andreoni said that Italy still needs another 8 to 9 months to get rid of the shackles of the new crown epidemic and gradually restore normal production and life order.

(Boyuan)