Delta variant, Hope: “In Italy and the EU there is a significant recovery of infections”

“In Italy and in Europe there are significant elements of resumption of contagions for the Delta variant” of the coronavirus This was stated by the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, in his speech at the ‘Women20 Summit’ in Rome, reiterating: “We are still in the pandemic, woe to let your guard down “. “Today – he added – we have exceeded 58 million doses” of the anti-Covid vaccine “administered”. The campaign is proceeding at the rate of over 500 thousand doses per day, he highlighted: 550 thousand administrations yesterday. Read also “This is a moment in which all over the world, in Europe in particular and in some countries such as Spain, Portugal and the UK, there is an important circulation of the Delta variant” of Sars-CoV-2 “which is characterized by a contagiousness definitely higher than the already more contagious English variant. The data we have available tell us of people with a single dose of vaccine who can develop pathology in some cases even serious. This explains the choice to complete the vaccination cycle as quickly as possible. It must be done with the same determination had in recent months and following the plan developed by the extraordinary commissioner Figliuolo “, explained Franco Locatelli this morning, spokesperson for the Technical Scientific Committee (CTS) for the coronavirus emergency and president of the Higher Health Council, guest of the Life Sciences Pharma & Biotech Summit organized by ‘Il Sole 24 Ore’. “The numbers tell us that this morning we are 34 million citizens who they received at least one dose of “anti-Covid” vaccine and 24 million, therefore an abundant 40% of the population, now vaccinated according to the indications. This is an important effort that has given priority to all age groups most exposed to the risk of developing a serious disease and this has allowed us to significantly reduce the number of deaths and hospitalizations in intensive care “, he added. the spokesperson Cts.