“I would like to reassure everyone, the weekly data from the ISS show that in the last week the Covid cases” in Italy “are decreasing and the same are the patients in intensive care and hospitalizations. It’s a calm situation, the data is declining“. Said the Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci, guest of the program ‘Today is another day’ on Rai Uno, outlining the picture of the covid in Italy while looking closely at the increase in infections in China and in particular at the variant Gryphon.
“We are following the weekly bulletin of the ISS, therefore we follow the incidence and the data, where the incidence increases we will recommend the use of the mask indoors. But today we are not in this situationSchillaci explained.
New Year’s? “I spend it with my wife and children.” She recommends putting the Ffp2 mask? “We are in a situation of absolute tranquility but if there are many people with elderly and frail people, it is better to wear it to protect them” replied the Minister of Health.
Schillaci underlined that “we are a nation that has shown a great sense of responsibility during the toughest times of Covid, today we need to convince the most fragile people to get vaccinated, it’s no longer the era of obligations, you saw what happened in China. I believe that in a mature state like ours, citizens will responsibly go and get vaccinated”.
“With the vaccination campaign” carried out by the Ministry of Health “since last December 1st, the advice is to get vaccinated for both Covid and the flu – he added – In particular, we must protect the elderly and frail”. Then, on the fourth dose of the anti-Covid vaccine, he highlighted that “all citizens can do it by following the advice of their family doctor, even those who are in good health”.
As for the Chinese“so far we are absolutely calm because all the sampled cases” from the flights that arrived in Italy “show that they exist all variants of Omicron already present in our country. In the first flights that arrived at Malpensa, 1 passenger out of 2 was positive, while at Fiumicino the percentage dropped between 10-20%. So much less.”
With the new rules on the isolation of asymptomatic positives, after 5 days at home you can also go out without a negative swab, but a post-isolation swab is required for passengers from China. A fit thatexplained the Minister of Health, “it does not discriminate against anyoneprecisely because we have not had reliable scientific information from China, we have recommended the utmost caution at this stage”, Schillaci underlined, recalling that “the ordinance signed on swabs at the airport will end on January 31, 2023, therefore it is a precautionary measure” .
“As for asymptomatic and positive patients, as is already the case in other European countries, England and Spain – he said – in the case of asymptomatic patients after 5 days you can return to normal activities, being careful, however, to wear a Ffp2 mask” .