China News Service, January 30. According to Euronet, the Italian Ministry of Civil Defence announced on the 29th that there were 13,574 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases has reached 2,529,070; the new death cases have been 477, and the cumulative number of deaths 87858 cases and 1973388 cured cases.

Domenico Arcuri, director of the Italian National Covid-19 Emergency Committee, said at a weekly press conference that since the beginning of the epidemic, the total number of infections in Italy has exceeded 2.5 million, which means that on average every 23 people have been infected. 1 person was infected.

　　Akuri said that so far, the end of the long epidemic has not been seen.

But in the past week, the number of infected people has decreased by 8%, and the pressure on hospitals is decreasing.

However, following Pfizer and AstraZeneca, Modena also notified Italy that in the week of February 9th, the original 166,000 doses of vaccine will be reduced to 132,000 doses, a reduction of up to 20%.

In Palermo, Italy, people are vaccinated against the new crown in hospitals.

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　　On the same day, Agostino Miozzo, a protocol member of the Italian Commission for Science and Technology of the Coronavirus Emergency (CTS), stated that the use of FFP2 masks in closed public places such as buses should be mandatory.

The purpose of compulsory use of FFP2 masks is that FFP2 masks have significantly greater filtering capacity than ordinary medical masks.

So the Science and Technology Committee made this recommendation.

　　Italy's National Institute of Advanced Health Research (Walter Ricciardi) said that in confined spaces, FFP2 masks should be used. According to existing scientific research, FFP2 masks can prevent more droplets.

Italy should use more and more protective masks to protect people's health.

　　Pier Luigi Bartoletti, deputy secretary general of the Italian Federation of General Practitioners (FIMMG), said that more and more confirmed patients said they did not know how they were infected.

This shows that the use of masks with a higher level of protection is very important for defending against mutant viruses.

　　Bartoleti said that if you wear a surgical mask or a fabric mask in a room with no ventilation and no safe distance, the mutant virus will more easily penetrate the imported nasal mucosa.

But if you use FFP2, FFP3 masks with filtering functions, there will be no such risk.

　　The report pointed out that the next paragraph of new legislation may force the use of FFP2 masks, but the biggest problem currently facing is cost and price issues. Therefore, more weighing and discussion are needed to finally decide whether to force citizens to use such high-cost masks. (Boyuan)