Vaccination obligation, measures and tampons: control room and Omicron variant

Omicron variant and surge in infections in Italy. Tomorrow, during the government control room, any new anti-covid measures that the executive intends to adopt to deal with the new pandemic wave will be discussed: vaccination obligation, tampons, duration of the green pass and mandatory masks the topics anticipated today by Prime Minister Draghi in the press conference at the end of the year on the subject of coronavirus: “I am not a scientist, but personally I am inclined to predict the worst, and therefore to act in advance to defend what little normality we have achieved”, he explained about the coronavirus regulations long ignored by other countries: “It was a mistake on the part of some governments to believe that the epidemic would not have come from them” and this despite the interventions implemented by other nations.

Read also The hypothesis of vaccination obligation, then explained the premier, “always remains in the background, has never been excluded”. The obligation “has already been extended to some categories, we will evaluate the extension to other categories. I do not know if it will be discussed tomorrow in the control room but if the data continues to deteriorate it will be the subject of discussion in a very short time”, remarked the president of the Advice. Meanwhile, “in the period between the second and third dose, when the duration is about to expire, it is necessary to swab”, he explained, confirming that tomorrow the control room will also take care of this. Obligation to wear Ffp2 masks and stop the antigen tests to obtain the green pass? “These issues will be discussed in the control room tomorrow, I would say that the consensus on the use of outdoor masks, on the use of Ffp2 masks, on what kind of pads to do, I think there is a lot of openness there, we will discuss it tomorrow “. “The communication on the green pass and the super green pass was of what was known at that time, it never meant that it guaranteed immunity after its expiry or the expiry of the second dose. It turned out that the second dose declines faster than initially thought, this will lead tomorrow to discuss whether to reduce the duration of the green pass. It has become somewhat emphatically a tool of freedom, “he added.
Tomorrow, however, “we will not evaluate the extension of school holidays” in the control room, said the premier, responding on the subject of the school. Then on any new closures he assured: “I am aware of the suffering of young people due to the restrictions – underlined the premier – we will do all we can to prevent that experience” of distance learning “from repeating itself”. For now, moreover, “we are not talking about lockdowns for the unvaccinated, but every answer is on the table, but two thirds of intensive care and deaths are for the unvaccinated”, he explains then answering a question about possible lockdowns for those who does not vaccinate.