China News Service, March 1. According to Euronet, citing the European Union News Agency, the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) released the latest epidemic report on February 28, pointing out that from August last year to the present, Italy has been infected with the new crown for the second time. Confirmed cases A total of 232,818 cases have been accumulated.
Italy will ease entry restrictions for all travellers from non-EU countries from March 1, the health ministry said.
Data map: People walk past closed bars and restaurants in Rome, Italy.
According to reports, statistics from the Italian National Institute of Health show that the groups most likely to be re-infected with the new coronavirus are first and foremost unvaccinated women, especially teachers.
Compared with men, women are more likely to be infected with the new coronavirus a second time.
In addition, the groups with a higher degree of secondary infection with the new coronavirus mainly include patients who have recovered from infection for more than 7 months, patients who have received a single dose of vaccine for more than 4 months, and recovered groups aged 12 to 49 years old.
From August last year to January this year, about 39% of Italians aged 20 to 39 were infected with the new coronavirus for the second time, and about 34% of patients aged 40 to 59 were infected.
The Italian National Institute of Health said that last week, patients with a second infection with the new crown virus accounted for 3.1% of the total number of infections, compared with 3.2% in the previous week.
The study found that the Omicron variant had a 5.41-fold higher risk of reinfection with the new coronavirus than the delta variant.
Experts believe that Italian new crown patients were infected with the new crown virus for the second time, mainly due to the variant of Omicron.
As the Omicron variant dominates the new crown epidemic, the risk of second infection in new crown patients may increase.
According to the latest epidemic prevention decree issued by the Italian Ministry of Health, from March 1, all passengers from non-EU countries who arrive in Italy and who are vaccinated against the new crown virus will no longer need to provide proof of a negative new crown virus test.
Proof of vaccination, recovery or negative COVID-19 test results will be accepted by Italian border inspection services.
Unvaccinated travelers entering Italy are no longer required to be quarantined and can enter Italy with a negative test certificate for the new coronavirus.
Last week, the European Union issued a travel advisory saying that the bloc asked all member states to lift non-essential travel restrictions on entry by March 1 for travellers who have received EU vaccines or WHO-approved vaccines.
On February 28, the Italian Ministry of Civil Protection reported 17,981 new confirmed cases of the new crown and 207 deaths.
As of 18:00 on the 28th, there were 12,782,836 confirmed cases nationwide, 154,767 deaths, and 1,528,135 cured cases.
(Boyuan)