Green pass Italy, Sileri: “In the yellow zone to avoid closures”

“The Italian route to the Green pass is prior to the French one, it is the same route in May, an opportunity not to close. Today, if you have contagions on the climb, review the parameters and give more weight to the admissions, but those will also go up. And if a region must become yellow or orange “, a color that has restrictions compared to white,” between a limitation that affects everyone and a limitation that does not exist for the Green pass it is clear that we all prefer “the latter” rather than the closure . Also because you can get the Green pass if you are cured, if you have taken a test or if you have had the vaccine “. This was underlined by Undersecretary of Health Pierpaolo Sileri, who spoke today as a guest at ‘Tgcom 24’. What will happen? “The pass will allow progressive freedom”, its progressive use will be made “according to the risk of gathering and the circulation of the virus. It is not a reason for restriction – he assured – but a reason for opening against the restrictions that could exist in the absence of green pass “. And again:” I believe that an adjustment on the quarantine for the vaccinated can and will have to be made “. “As well as allowing the heterologous”, the mix of vaccines between the first and second dose, “even over 60 years. I have been insisting on this for a long time and I hope to be listened to sooner or later”. On the quarantine for those who have been vaccinated against Covid with a full cycle, Sileri added: “If I take a plane and there is a positive” today “in front of me, I risk quarantine even if I have done the two doses. If we already say that , as happens for example in the US, quarantine is not carried out if the two doses of vaccine have been made, this is a good incentive for vaccination, because it gives greater freedom and security “. They are, continued Sileri, “little things that entice”. The other aspect, that is, allowing heterologous vaccination even over the age of 60 “would give greater flexibility” in the choices and “help” adherence to the shield injection. Could vaccinations on the farm also contribute? “For this, a standard could be needed but it must be evaluated with extreme attention. Surely – he argues – if the first doses were to stop suddenly because people do not get vaccinated then something will have to be thought about. Because you understand well the risk of having a 50% vaccinated population and 50% that remain a viral reservoir. But I am very confident that nothing else will be needed and that the population has understood perfectly, after 130 thousand deaths “in the country due to a pandemic. The extension of the state of emergency until 31 December is confirmed? “I don’t know if it will be until December 31 – Sileri replied -, but I believe that at least 3 months are necessary given what we are experiencing throughout Europe”, where several countries are grappling with a new surge in infections driven by the variant Delta of Sars-CoV-2.