Covid Italy, Andreoni: “Soon 100 thousand infections”

“The increase in” covid “infections was inevitable and expected. It is true that today we are dealing with a virus with a reduced pathogenicity but it has a very high capacity to spread” and on the risk that it will soon reach 100 thousand cases a day , yesterday almost 54 thousand infections, “it is very probable with this circulation and with less attention to contrast measures”. Thus Massimo Andreoni, head of infectious disease at the Tor Vergata Polyclinic in Rome and scientific director of the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (Simit), at Adnkronos Salute comments on the sharp rise in infections in the last week. Regarding the increase in hospital admissions, Andreoni specifies that “not only the frail elderly, clearly today those most at risk with Omicron 5, end up in hospital for Covid, but also young people. The disease can sometimes have a particularly virulent course. , you can have a high fever. Here – he comments – why we still have to be cautious “. The infectious disease specialist agrees with those who, like the Lazio Region Health Councilor Alessio D’Amato, drew attention to the use of the mask if there are crowds or indoors: “The Councilor is right, the curve it will continue to rise and therefore we must once again return to being cautious and – concludes Andreoni – to use the protective device when needed “.