Covid Italia, Iss: “Growth of infections in every region, young people most affected”

Covid infections have grown sharply in all regions of Italy in recent days. Given the risk of spreading the Omicron variant, it becomes essential to proceed with vaccination in the 5-11 year range. “In the last seven days, the younger age groups are those most affected by the circulation of the virus” and then “the age groups from 20 to 29 are rising and then from 30 to 49, which grow significantly”, he says. today Silvio Brusaferro, president of the Higher Institute of Health and spokesperson for the CTS, in the video in which he illustrates the monitoring data of the Covid-19 epidemic. Read also According to the report, Lombardy and Valle d’Aosta are at high risk, 18 regions are at moderate risk and only the Autonomous Province of Bolzano at low risk. Of the 18 regions at moderate risk, 5 are highly likely to progress upwards: Calabria, Marche, the autonomous province of Trento, Puglia and Sicily. “For 9 consecutive weeks there has been a rapid and generalized increase in the number of new cases of infection. There are critical issues in tracing in various Italian regions “, according to the picture outlined in the weekly report on Covid monitoring of the control room. Faced with the “rapid increase in circulation in Europe and now also in Italy of the Omicron variant”, experts call for “a higher vaccination coverage, in all age groups, including 5-11 years, the completion of vaccination cycles and the maintenance of a high immune response through the booster dose, with particular regard to the categories indicated by the ministerial provisions “. They are, the text reads,” tools necessary to contain the impact of the epidemic also sustained by emerging variants “, together with “strict compliance with behavioral measures, and in particular spacing, use of the mask, ventilation of the premises and hand hygiene, both individually and collectively, avoiding in particular situations of crowding”. “It is stably and significantly above the threshold epidemic the RT calculated only on hospitalized cases at national level, with a continuous increase in the number of people hospitalized in the wards the medical and intensive care hospitals. This is forcing an organizational review of the care services provided to Covid-19 patients “, highlights the report.