Covid infections on the rise. “Today in Italy there are at least 970 thousand people who have been diagnosed with the infection and they are contagious. The relaxation of many restrictive measures and individual behaviors certainly played a decisive role in the reversal of the trend. Children and young people, especially among 6 and 10 years, were particularly affected in the first half of February, then the number fell rapidly. Among adults, however, the decline was less rapid. ” Thus in an interview with Corriere della Sera Stefania Salmaso of the Italian association of epidemiology. Unexpected acceleration? “Unfortunately it is. Now the incidence is 500 cases per week per 100 thousand inhabitants, we could reach 600 as early as March 14. The increase is present in all Regions, in some it is particularly significant”, she emphasizes.
“The higher rates of increase are between 14 and 29 years – explains the epidemiologist – Children can be easy vehicles of infection in the family unit, it is important to vaccinate them. If the infection continues to circulate among adults, the chances that reaches people at risk of developing serious disease. The same happens in at least 10 European countries. The European Center for the Control of Infectious Diseases (Ecdc) warns of a probable increase in deaths “.
The state of emergency ends on March 31st. A risk? “The end of the state of emergency and the return to the ordinary I hope does not mean to bring down the most important infection monitoring systems. It would be a huge damage to public health, especially when coupled with the decay of control measures”, he highlights. With the end of the obligations, are we led to think that the virus is also ‘finished’? “Thinking that if there is no specific ban there is no risk is a dangerous attitude”.
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