Coronavirus updates on Friday 19th November
Review the rules starting from those on the Green pass, with stricter measures for the unvaccinated, and push on the third dose: the Regions insist on the need for a change of pace in the fight against Covid and ask for a very urgent reflection with the government in the light of the increase in cases, to save Christmas and avoid restrictions and closures foreseen for the yellow or orange areas. In Sicily, the obligation to wear a mask outdoors in crowded places is back and tests are introduced for those arriving from Germany. For a few weeks we will return to the generalized lockdown in Upper Austria and Salzburg. In Italy, meanwhile, the latest bulletin for Thursday 18 November records 10,638 new cases and 69 deaths.
8.40 am – Iss, Rt Italia stable at 1.21, incidence rises to 98. Hospitalizations, intensive at 5.3% and medical areas at 7.1%, are growing
stable, after 5 consecutive weeks of growth, the Rt index in Italy, which stood at 1.21, the same figure as last week
. On the other hand, the incidence is still clearly increasing, rising to 98 cases per 100 inhabitants against 78 per 100 thousand in the previous week. what the ISS communicates in the light of the data from the control room in progress this morning. In the last week hospitalizations and intensive care are still growing: The employment rate in intensive care at 5.3% (daily survey by the Ministry of Health on 18/11) against 4.4% (daily survey on 11/11). The employment rate in medical areas nationwide rose to 7.1% (daily survey as of 18/11) against 6.1% as of 11/11. All 21 Regions are classified a moderate risk, compared to 20 seven days ago. Among these, a high probability of progression to high risk. Finally, the number of new cases not associated with transmission chains increased sharply (15,773 against 11,001 in the previous week).
8.32 am – Kompatscher (Bolzano): Restrictions only for non-vaccinated people. Anticipate third dose for everyone, don’t stand still and watch
For weeks we have been asking the government to intervene by allowing us to take restrictive measures at the local level. The fourth wave is coming from the north, from countries where temperatures are lower and you are indoors. We were also the first to be affected because, it must be said, we have a low rate of vaccinations and we have been undisciplined. Thus the president of the Province of Bolzano Arno Kompatscher, in an interview with Corriere della Sera
. And on vaccinations, he clarifies: We need to anticipate the third dose for everyone, give governors the opportunity to adopt restrictive measures such as the obligation to wear a mask outdoors even before the yellow zone is triggered or new total lockdowns arrive. And third, make sure that any future restrictions do not fall on who is vaccinated.
8 am – In Germany, Bavarian hospitals cry for help: Overloads
The hospitals of the Bavaria, in Germany, they sent a dramatic call for help, in the wake of the increase in the number of infections and what they think will be an overload of intensive care units. The current situation is more dramatic than it has ever been in Bavaria during the entire pandemic, said the managing director of the Bavarian Hospital Society, Roland Engehausen, as reported by the Der Spiegel. At this moment it is important that every single person gets vaccinated, not only out of solidarity but also because the treatments are no longer optimal, as one might have thought a few weeks ago.
7.30 am – THE POINT ON VACCINES IN ITALY: 93 million administrations
, 3.6 million third doses
I am 93.003.762 the vaccine doses administered in Italy, 93.1% of the total delivered, amounting to 99,903,641 so far. what can be read in the report of the extraordinary commissioner for the health emergency updated at 06.14 today. 595,010 additional doses were administered, equal to 66.45% of the population potentially subject to these administrations and 3,000,201 boosters were made to 58.47% of the population potentially subject to the booster dose who completed the vaccination cycle for at least six months. .
November 19, 2021 (change November 19, 2021 | 08:55)
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