Hope: “Covid will not disappear on March 31, masks indoors even after”

“The lockdown was an inevitable choice”. Two years after Codogna’s ‘patient zero’, the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, thus recalls in an interview with Repubblica the first moments of the pandemic and affirms that “the covid does not disappear on March 31. The Green Pass was and is a fundamental piece of our strategy. Indoor masks are still important. Vaccines made us win. ” “Italy was not prepared but who was it in the world? We have always followed science”, explains Speranza, recalling that terrible evening: “I am in front of the TV, watching Rome-Gent. I remember everything, everything is clear: one to zero for us, the color of the T-shirts. The phone rings, he is the Lombardy health councilor. He tells me: there is a first case in Codogno “continues the minister for which” in my life there is a before and an after that phone call”. Now, he explains, “I too want to get behind this season, as Draghi says. We are within a path and we must continue it, but keeping our feet on the ground. We know that with 91% of over 12 vaccinated and the Omicron variant c ‘it’s a different context. But we need graduality “. But when will we get the world back? “This is the crucial year to understand if we will return to a fully normal life. I am optimistic, but the game is not over. In a few months, a piece of the world will enter the autumn: by observing them, we will understand what awaits us. the fourth dose for immune compromises, but we will have to evaluate the recall for everyone after the summer. It is to be considered probable, because the virus does not shake hands and is gone forever. Unfortunately “. Two years of pandemic have made Speranza one of the best-known political faces. “Many health ministers left saying: ‘I can’t take it anymore’. Sometimes it was very hard, especially March 2020. But in no passage did I feel alone: ​​I had the Italian scientific community, the government and the smile from my children. I have to be honest, I never thought about giving up. Not even for a moment. “