Chinanews, March 8th. According to Euronet, the Italian Ministry of Civil Defence reported on the 7th that there were 20,765 new confirmed cases of new crown and 207 deaths; a total of 3067486 confirmed cases and 99,785 deaths were reported.

The Italian Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, said that the mutated new coronavirus discovered in the UK is a new challenge at this stage, and epidemic prevention measures must be strengthened.

Data map: Palermo, Italy, people are vaccinated orderly to prevent the new crown in the hospital.

Image source: ICphoto

　　According to statistics released by the Italian National Bureau of Statistics, the number of deaths in the country reached 746,146 in 2020, the highest since the end of World War II.

Among them, the Lombardy region, which is most severely affected by the new crown epidemic, had a 111.8% increase in the number of deaths from March to May 2020 compared to the average for the same period in 2015 to 2019.

In the second wave of the epidemic, the growth rate of the number of deaths in Lombardy increased by 37.1%.

　　In addition, the increase in mortality in Italy in 2020 is mainly caused by people over 80 years old. About 76% of the deaths are over 80 years old. Among men between 65 and 79 years old, the mortality rate also accounts for a considerable proportion.

　　In addition, according to the latest report of the Italian National Health Institute, the mutant virus discovered in the UK is spreading rapidly throughout Italy, and its spread has increased compared with before. At present, at least 54% of infected persons in Italy are related to the mutant virus.

　　On March 7, Italian Minister of Health Speranza stated that the mutant virus discovered in the UK is the main enemy facing the epidemic prevention work at this stage.

The data shows that the variant virus will affect the infection curve in the next few weeks, and the further increase in infection will inevitably allow more large areas to enter the red epidemic prevention zone.

He hopes that the new law can essentially curb the new crown virus.

　　Speranza pointed out that the emergence of new variant viruses is a new challenge facing the epidemic, and epidemic prevention measures must be strengthened and very strict policies can be adopted to deal with the epidemic.

Due to the large differences in the epidemic situation in various parts of Italy, different levels of epidemic prevention measures have been adopted.

　　He agrees that local governments will introduce more stringent epidemic prevention measures to contain the epidemic. At the same time, vaccination needs to be further accelerated to cope with the current spread of the epidemic.

(Boyuan)