Covid, Gimbe: “More than the fourth wave, infections have risen”

“More than a fourth wave, I would speak of a rise in infections, with a modest impact in the hospital environment. There is no doubt that there is an important increase in cases, it is happening throughout Europe”. To take stock is Nino Cartabellotta, president of the Gimbe Foundation, who spoke on the broadcast ‘Italy has awakened’ on Radio Cusano Campus. “In Italy the impact of the increase in cases on hospitals – states Cartabellotta – is quantitatively lower than in the period in which there were no vaccines and is also less serious because the greatest increase was in the medical area, not in therapy. However, be careful to keep all precautions, such as the use of a mask, to avoid a further increase in the circulation of the virus “, he stresses. However, “to date, among the vaccinable population, there are over 7 million people who have not received the vaccine, of which about 2.7 million are over 50. I have the impression that between exemptions and hard core, it will not be possible to go further 15-20 thousand new vaccinates a day. And this remains a critical issue in view of the winter “. On the anti-Covid vaccination front, he continues, “the second criticality is linked to the third doses. We have a third dose which is in fact dedicated to immuno-compromised people, who are a fixed audience. Umbria and Tuscany have used the mechanism of active call and have a very wide coverage, while others have used the voluntary booking mechanism and are further behind “. “It is important – remarks Cartabellotta – that we align ourselves with the active call mechanism. The fundamental problem, however, is that now we are starting a real round of vaccination campaign as 6 months pass from the second dose for the elderly. Since they are different. Regions have dismantled the hubs, we need to reorganize. By the end of the year the booster doses will amount to about 12 million “.