Covid, Brusaferro: “Virus advances from Eastern Europe, cases on the rise”

Covid infections in Europe and Italy, “we can see that the virus from the central part of Eastern Europe is moving towards the westernmost part and this is affecting some regions of France and Italy. Circulation in some countries is growing “. So Silvio Brusaferro, president of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss), in his speech at the press conference on the analysis of the data of the COVID-19 regional monitoring of the control room. In Italy “we still have a more contained situation” compared to the rest of Europe, “but growing. Circulation in Europe is very significant and this must be taken into account in our behavior”. “There is an increase in cases, consistent with all the other age groups, under the age of 12, where today there is no vaccination – explains Brusaferro – And in particular between 6-11. Always in this range of age, but we are talking about very small numbers, there is a small signal that shows how the increased circulation in this age group, although with rare events, hospitalizations are also reported “. “Basically, the age groups in which the increase in cases has been most significant, in this last period, are the youngest, between 30 and 50 years old,” says the president of the Higher Institute of Health. diagnosis “remains above 40 years – he adds – The median age of the first hospitalization remains above 70 years and at the entrance to intensive care is close to 70 years. The part linked to deaths remains above 80 years”.