Covid, Brusaferro: “Restrictions in Italy have worked, even lockdowns”

“Did the” anti-covid “measures work? Yes, the lockdown that knocked down RT in all regions worked. As a country, we have developed a monitoring model with color zones, with a more regional approach” . This was underlined by Silvio Brusaferro, president of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss), in his speech at the 54th National Congress of the Italian Hygiene Society (Siti) in Lecce. “The public health measures adopted in Italy” against covid-19 “guaranteed to keep the epidemic curve under control and have a positive economic response compared to other countries. We were the first Western country in lockdown and in retrospect it was unimaginable before the pandemic, “he continued. “From December 27, 2020, the vaccination campaign has begun that has modeled the trend of the curve even when the epidemiological picture has changed and the new variants, Alpha and Delta, more transmissible, have become dominant”, said Brusaferro, recalling that that of the pandemic “it is a stress that is lasting, we are approaching the second year. We see that the size in our country is under control, but in others in the world it is circulating. If the stress lasts we will be called to structural measures”. “We understood that individual behavior is fundamental not only to defend oneself but also for the dimension of public health”, he then added. “We are experiencing an epochal event, we call it a pandemic but we realize that our national reality is a passage; even in this phase where circulation is limited, we cross the Adriatic and the situation is more complex “, said Brusaferro.