Delta Campania variant, De Luca: “There is an outbreak, we need a mask”

An outbreak of the Delta variant pushes Campania to maintain the obligation of an outdoor mask. The president of the region, Vincenzo De Luca, explains the reasons behind the ordinance which provides for the obligation to wear a mask outdoors in inhabited centers, in squares, on the seafront. And not only, therefore, in the cases of gatherings indicated by the order of Minister Roberto Speranza who eliminated the obligation to wear a mask outdoors from 28 June. “Campania has decided to maintain the obligation of the mask outdoors because in the region we have one of the national outbreaks of the Delta variant. The other, more consistent, is in Lombardy”, says De Luca, during a direct Facebook. Read also “The difference in Campania compared to national measures is that national decrees oblige you to keep the mask in fairs, supermarkets, indoor shops, on means of transport. We have added only one thing, it is mandatory to keep it when you go on the street. It does not mean keeping it in the public park when you go for a jog at 6 am or in a restaurant. The meaning of that decision is: instead of pretending to carry the mask in your pocket and then put it on when there is ‘gathering, in Campania you have to put it right away, because when you go out on the street there is always a gathering “, he says.” Campania – remember – is the region with the highest population density, the metropolitan area of ​​Naples has the most high population density in Europe. Therefore the danger of contagion is much higher and we must be cautious. The Delta variant, among other things, has a particular aggressiveness towards young people, and in Campania we have the youngest population of I talia “. De Luca explains that” in recent days two boys aged 30 and 31 went to intensive care. A few days ago some boys came back, from the territory of ASL Napoli 2, who had participated in a disheveled party in Mallorca and took Covid with the Delta variant, we are talking about 18-year-olds. So we have to be more cautious for these reasons. “” The mask is a small sacrifice that can bring a great benefit. Is it a nuisance? The helmet and the seat belt are too, but it helps avoid damage or save your life “, he continues.” We are facing a scenario of greater tranquility because we have millions of doses of vaccine administered – he adds – but we prudent because we are a difficult territory, a reality of great urban congestion. It is worth making this small sacrifice “.Capitolo vaccini_” Our goal is to immunize Campania by 2021, this means that we have to do the second dose for those who are missing, that is, we have to go from 5 million and 41 thousand vaccinated , to 9.2 million vaccinated. This is the goal we are working towards. “” This battle – he says – is won with tenacity, when you don’t get distracted, when you don’t get tired on the road. We must have a ferocious, German tenacity. We have to have 9.2 million vaccinations by November, and so it must be “. De Luca remembers” we had another goal, that is to have 70% vaccinated in Naples by the beginning of July, and here we had some relaxation. Now, thank God, we have seen a resurgence of desire to get vaccinated. So let’s not lose this desire and – he stresses addressing the citizens of Campania – help us reach the goal. All of Campania immunized, that is, with the second dose, by the end of November and early December, if we want to resume normal life and if we want to reach Campania’s goal: to open everything, but open forever “.