Covid today Italy, Hope: “Anyone infected should stay at home”

Covid in Italy, “having no restrictions does not mean that individual behavior and recommendations do not count”. Thus the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza in an interview with Repubblica. “We have gradually overcome the bulk of the obligations and revisions of the measures are not on the agenda,” he explains. Will you remove the isolation of the positives as various politicians and experts ask? “No. At this moment such a thing is not in question. Those who are infected must stay at home. Today there are 650 thousand people in solitary confinement, it is not imaginable that they go around”. “The challenge now is to focus on the responsibility of individuals. The masks, for example, continue to be recommended in certain cases. They remain a very useful tool and exceeding the obligation does not mean that their importance has disappeared. They must be used in all of them. opportunities at risk – recalls Speranza – The current growth in viral circulation calls everyone to pay attention. We know the virus and we know what to do “.” We must not forget what we have been through, the battle is hard against the virus. people want to put a difficult phase behind them but it is not right to remove. When the circulation was very low, I said it was not over and now I ask everyone once again to be cautious. Of course, we have vaccines, monoclonals, antivirals but we must not underestimate the risks and the rules to be respected “, underlines the minister. How important have vaccines been in the fight against Covid? “They were the ‘game changer’. They are effective and safe, an avalanche of numbers say so. In Italy more than 138 million doses have been made and for the Higher Institute of Health we have saved 150,000 lives. In the world, only they averted 20 million deaths in 2021. The data show that the battle against the virus, which is still open, must be fought with scientific evidence and vaccines, “he continues. What will happen in October? “One thing is certain: the vaccination campaign will restart with autumn calls. In the last meeting with the European interlocutors, in Luxembourg, we decided to move together. We will use – says Speranza – the new adapted vaccines”.