Contagions above 5 thousand, continuous rush to vaccines

While the infections remain above 5 thousand, the race for vaccines continues. If on the one hand there are those who have decided to take to the streets against the government’s decision to extend the use of the Green pass, the need to possess the green certification in order to access some services starting from August has accelerated the vaccination campaign. . There are 5,140 new coronavirus infections in Italy registered yesterday 24 July, according to data from the bulletin of the Ministry of Health released by the Civil Protection. There are another 5 deaths, which bring the total number of victims since the beginning of the emergency to 127,942. In the last 24 hours, 258,929 swabs were performed, with a positivity rate of 2%. There are 1,340 people admitted to hospital with symptoms, an increase (+36) compared to 1,304 of the previous day, while 172 hospitalized in intensive care (+17), with 21 admissions in the last 24 hours. Since the beginning of the pandemic in Italy there have been 4,312,673 cases of Covid while the total deaths are 127,942. There are 4,122,208 discharged and the healed are a total of 4,122,208 (+1,362 in 24 hours). Finally, 62,523 are currently positive (+3,771) Demonstrations against the Green pass Green pass, protests and marches in Rome, Milan and Turin, but also in Pescara and Palermo against the mandatory nature of the green document after the approval of the new decree by of the Draghi government, with new measures and restrictions for the unvaccinated. Chants and insults against the premier, the executive and the press during the demonstrations that saw thousands of ‘no Green passes’ parade throughout Italy. Some tension in Rome, the Forza Italia militants in Pescara were targeted, with the party speaking of “aggression” to those present engaged in a banquet to collect signatures for the referendum on justice. In Turin, among the ‘no pass’, also present Forza Nuova and Casapound. “Liberty, liberty, liberty” the choir sung by the demonstration held in Piazza del Popolo in Rome. There are those who shouted “no Green pass”, who “live free Italy”. There were some hundreds (about 1,500 for the Police Headquarters) who marched in the capital. “Assassins, assassins, assassins”, this is the cry addressed to the institutions by the demonstration. Some people wore T-shirts featuring Dragons and Hope behind bars. Applause, choruses, screams like “Jokes buffoons”, “Draghi, vaffa …” characterized and animated the square, which praised “freedom”, “dignity”, “respect for the Constitution against illegitimate dpcm”. For the square the government was “criminal”. Vaccines, boom in bookings Several regions that also yesterday reported a boom in vaccinations and bookings. “Today (yesterday, ed) exceeded 6.5 million total vaccine administrations, over 62% of adult citizens completed the vaccination process with two doses”, Alessio announced in a note the councilor for health of the Lazio Region. D’Amato: the Draghi effect is seen in Sicily. 48 hours after the announcement of the introduction of the obligation of the green certificate, requests for vaccinations have increased in the hub of the Fiera del Mediterraneo in Palermo. A surge that involved the first doses, which quickly went from 5 to 30 percent of the daily total. Thus, if the average daily administration remains steady on a range that oscillates between 3,300 and 3,500, the Coronavirus emergency commissioner explains, the increase in the first doses on the total daily inoculations is clearly visible. “We are firmly convinced that the green pass is giving a strong acceleration to the vaccination campaign – says the Commissioner for the Covid emergency in Palermo, Renato Costa to Adnkronos -. It is acting as a powerful stimulus to immunization, a stimulus of which there is it was necessary “. A surge in vaccinations also in Catania where over 400 first doses were administered at the hub in via Forcile on Friday alone. And yesterday the number may have been even higher. In Friuli Venezia Giulia “In just two days, bookings to undergo the first dose of the vaccine reached 12,500 units: at the end of yesterday (Friday, ed) the requests settled at 9422, while at 13 today reservations were 3067 “. The news was announced by the deputy governor of the region with responsibility for Health Riccardo Riccardi. “Compared to a daily average that until mid-June was around 2,000 requests every 24 hours, in the last week there was a marked growth that has increased exponentially in the last two days” he adds. people who received the Covid vaccine reported yesterday to the Crisis Unit of the Piedmont Region. 27,475 were given the second dose. Among the vaccinated yesterday, in particular, 10,475 are 16-29, 5,560 are in their thirties, 9,294 are forties, 3,976 are in their 50s, 3,860 are in their 60s, 1,302 are in their seventies, 393 are extremely vulnerable and 145 are over 80. Since the beginning of the campaign, 4,622,264 doses have been inoculated (of which 1,981,076 as the second), corresponding to 96% of 4,812,400 currently available for Piedmont.