China News Service, February 19. According to Euronet, on the 18th local time, the new crown epidemic monitoring report released by the Italian Ministry of Health and the National Institute of Health pointed out that the incidence of new crowns in Italy has shown a downward trend recently.
The Italian Medicines Agency said the government will study whether to vaccinate vulnerable groups with health problems for the fourth dose of the new crown vaccine.
According to reports, surveillance data showed that between February 11 and February 17, the incidence of new crowns in Italy fell from 962 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the previous week to 672 cases, and the Rt infection index fell from 0.89 last week to 0.77.
The pressure on Italian hospitals has also continued to decline, the report said.
On February 17, the number of new crown patients in hospitals across the country continued to decrease.
The average intensive care unit occupancy rate has fallen to 10.4% from 13.4% last week, and the general ward occupancy rate has dropped to 22.2% from 26.6% last week.
The Italian Medicines Agency said on February 18 that at the request of Health Minister Speranza, the National Technical Committee will meet before February 25 to discuss whether to vaccinate vulnerable groups with health problems for the fourth dose of the new crown vaccine.
As the fourth wave of the new crown infection curve has continued to decline in the past three weeks, the government will temporarily not consider the universal administration of the fourth dose of the new crown vaccine.
(Boyuan)