Vaccination obligation, Costa: “Evaluable for those in contact with the public”

“We were the first country in Europe to introduce the vaccination obligation” against Covid 19 “for healthcare professionals and I do not exclude being able to reflect and evaluate whether it is appropriate to introduce the obligation for other categories who have constant contact with the the public, the police, those who work in large-scale distribution “. The Undersecretary of Health, Andrea Costa, said to the microphones of ‘Radio too’ on Rai Radio 1. “There may be criteria – he said -, but these are all assessments that we must make at the right time. And I believe that, while paying attention to the data, while continuing to use a sense of responsibility, we must look to the future with confidence “. For now, “the appeal we must make is to continue to observe the rules”, he explained. On any new restrictions, “I believe that we must carefully monitor what the data is week by week. To date, the overall data referring to therapies intensive and hospitalized are still positive and allow us to check, after which I would evaluate “, replies Costa on the solicitation from the Regions which, given the growing infections from Covid 19, ask to make decisions in a short time about any bans for the unvaccinated. The only region to “pay attention to” is Friuli Venezia Giulia which “has more critical parameters than other regions”, underlined Costa. “I believe that we must make the assessment if there is a passage in the orange area, because it is the one that changes the rules and automatically introduces some restrictions”. maximum collaboration and maximum sharing. Even the current criteria for determining the color change of the region were changed precisely at the request of the Regions, therefore on our part – he assured – maximum availability “. On the school front, in the meantime, “we have provided rules, reshaping them, trying to favor school in the presence” and “the data currently allow us to continue on this path”, replies Costa to the pressure of the principals who push for a return to Dad in case of only one positive in the classroom. “The government’s goal – clarifies Costa – is to limit distance learning as much as possible, in the awareness that our children need to attend schools face to face. We must not forget – underlines the undersecretary – that compared to the last year we are facing a completely different scenario: we have 85% of the vaccinated, we have a much better situation and it seems to me that even the data compared to other countries highlight how Italy’s choice to start a prudent and gradual to date is providing certainly more positive data “.