Covid today Italy, Rezza: “Rt is growing, use a mask and make a fourth dose”

The covid in Italy today circulates ‘fast’, the Rt index goes up. Despite the infections, hospital admissions are below the critical threshold. This is the picture that the general director of Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Giovanni Rezza, outlines in the video message commenting on the weekly data of the control room on the epidemiological trend of Covid-19 “Given the high speed of viral circulation, it is good to remember that the risk of transmission of the virus can be reduced by using masks, especially in the presence of large groups of people. At the same time – he reiterates – the most fragile and elderly people can be protected with an additional dose of booster vaccine “. This week the index “Rt is definitely growing, reaching 1.07. It goes back above unity”, ie the epidemic threshold. “We note – confirms – an increasing trend in cases of Covid 19”. “The occupancy rate of the medical and intensive care beds is respectively 7.9 and 2.2%. a slight rise, even if we are well below the critical threshold “, he says.