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November 12, 2021 No region will switch to the yellow zone.

This week 20 Italian regions, based on the weekly monitoring of the control room, are classified at moderate risk and one region, Calabria at low risk.

The Friuli Venezia Giulia Region is the only one reported with a high risk probability of progression. 



Silvio Brusaferro, president of the Higher Institute of Health, illustrating the weekly report on the progress of the epidemic, said: "Also this week we see a Europe divided in two and the parts of Italy bordering the eastern part of the EU begin to be red and this shows that the circulation of the virus is also increasing in our country. The trend is growing even if less than in other countries. In all regions there is an increase in the circulation of the virus ". 



Especially affected the age groups 30-39 and 40-49 years. He also added: "The clear prevalence of the delta variant is confirmed, with greater transmissibility and increased risk of hospitalization. The delta plus variant is present in 10 regions but remains a minority".



One datum concerns the circulation of the virus among children and Brusaferro confirms that "even in the pediatric range there is an increased circulation of the virus, especially under 12 years".



Another chapter of the press point on the progress of the virus is vaccination: "L 'vaccination efficacy remains very high for hospitalizations and deaths, over 90%, while for diagnosis, especially for the more central age groups, it drops significantly starting from the sixth month. For this reason it is important to adhere to the third dose based on the modalities recommended by the ministry ". "There are millions of citizens - he adds - who have not even taken a dose, it is extremely important that they start the cycle".





Meanwhile, according to the latest report from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Ecdc) "in Europe the situation is very worrying in 10 countries and worrying in 13" and the worst epidemiological picture is in Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary and Slovenia. In Italy and in 3 other EU countries (Malta, Spain and Sweden) the epidemiological picture, according to the ECDC, is of "low concern". The ECDC assessment is based on a composite score based on the absolute value and the trend of five weekly Covid epidemiological indicators: case notification rates for the last 14 days; test rates and test positivity; case notification rates in people aged 65 and over;hospitalization and ICU admission rates; mortality.